creators_name: Pruthi, V.
creators_name: Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh
type: article
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title: Production of a biosurfactant exhibiting excellent emulsification and surface active properties bySerratia marcescens
ispublished: pub
subjects: QR
full_text_status: none
keywords: Biosurfactant - emulsification - oil recovery -  Serratia marcescens  - surface-tension 
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abstract: A biosurfactant exhibiting excellent emulsification activity and surface properties was isolated during growth ofSerratia marcescens on 2% (w/v) sucrose. Reduction in surface tension values and increase in the yield of biosurfactant during the late log phase of growth indicates that the biosurfactant is a secondary microbial metabolite. The biosurfactant formed stable emulsions with a wide variety of hydrocarbons. The isolated surface-active compound has a potential application in enhanced oil recovery and is stable over a wide range of temperatures (10-120‡C) and pH (2-12). This is the first report of effective and stable emulsion formation by a strain ofSerratia marcescens. 
date: 1997
date_type: published
publication: World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology
volume: 13
number: 1
publisher: Springer Science
pagerange: 133-135
id_number: doi:10.1007/BF02770821
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0959-3993
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02770821
related_url_url: http://www.springerlink.com/content/g1569615310vm247/
related_url_type: pub
citation:   Pruthi, V. and Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh  (1997) Production of a biosurfactant exhibiting excellent emulsification and surface active properties bySerratia marcescens.  World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 13 (1).  pp. 133-135.  ISSN 0959-3993