TY  - JOUR
ID  - open758
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11746-997-0233-7
IS  - 7
A1  - Makkar, R S
A1  - Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh
N2  - Traditionally, biosurfactants have been produced
from hydrocarbons. Some possible substitutes for microbial
growth and biosurfactant production include urban wastes, peat hydrolysate, and agro-industrial by-products. Molasses, a nonconventional substrate (agro-industrial by-product) can also be used for biosurfactant production. It has been utilized by two strains of Bacillus subtilis (MTCC 2423 and MTCC1427) for biosurfactant production and growth at 45°C. As a result of biosurfactant accumulation, the surface tension of the medium was lowered to 29 and 31 dynes/cm by the two strains, respectively.
This is the first report of biosurfactant production by strains of B. subtilis at 45°C. Potential application of the biosurfactant in microbial enhanced oil recovery is also presented.
JAOCS 74, 887?889 (1997).
VL  - 74
TI  - Utilization of molasses for biosurfactant production by two Bacillus strains at thermophilic conditions
AV  - restricted
EP  - 889
N1  - Copyright of this article belongs to Springer Science.
Y1  - 1997///
PB  - Springer Science
JF  - Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society
KW  - Bacillus
KW  -  biosurfactant
KW  -  MEOR
KW  -  molasses
KW  -  thermophilic.
SN  - 0003-021X
SP  - 887
ER  -