%A V. Pruthi
%A Swaranjit Singh Cameotra
%O Copyright of this article belongs to Springer Science.
%J Journal of Surfactants and Detergents
%T Novel sucrose lipid produced by Serratia marcescens and its application in enhanced oil recovery
%X Serratia marcescens MTCC 86 when grown on sucrose produced a novel sucrose lipid that was different from the amino lipids produced from n-alkane by other strains of S.
marcescens. The sucrose lipid isolated by acetone precipitation technique was found to be predominantly a mixture of 3-(3?-hydroxytetradecanoyloxy) decanoate and 3-(3?-hydroxyhexadecenoyloxy)decanoate. This sucrose lipid exhibited excellent emulsification activity with a wide variety of hydrocarbons. It was effective in re overing up to 90% residual oil from the oilsaturated sandpack column suggesting its use in enhanced oil recovery. It also showed a strong ability to remove oil from the walls of the containers, indicating its potential use in cleaning
operations.

%N 4
%K Biosurfactant, MEOR, Serratia, sucrose-lipid.
%P 533-537
%V 3
%D 2000
%I Springer Science
%R doi:10.1007/s11743-000-0153-9
%L open854