Mathur, Chandni and Prakash, Ranjana and Ali, Amjad and Kaur, Jasminder and Cameotra, Swaranjit Singh and Tejo Prakash, N. (2010) Emulsification and Hydrolysis of Oil by Syncephalastrum racemosum. Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre, 60 (3). pp. 251-254.
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A fungal strain, Syncephalastrum racemosum, was isolated from oil-leak contaminated soils from Kanpur, India. The strain was examined for potential to emulsify soybean oil using a 18 per cent oil supplement as carbon source in minimal salt medium. On 72 h growth of the fungus in oil and salt medium, the cellfree supernatant (CFS) showed presence of mono- and di-glycerides indicating degradation of oils to free fatty acids (FFAs). Increasing concentration of oil resulted in enhanced formation of FFAs. The degradation process was observed to be related to the emulsification activity in CFS which was observed to increase with time. The study reports the emulsification and hydrolytic activity of S. racemosum, an activity that can be exploited for increasing the accessibility and treatment of hazardous substance including hydrophobic explosives
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to DRDO. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Fungus, Syncephalastrum racemosum, emulsification, esterification, vegetable oil, biotransformation, lipolysis |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology |
| Depositing User: | Dr. K.P.S.Sengar |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Feb 2012 16:07 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2012 16:07 |
| URI: | http://crdd.osdd.net/open/id/eprint/1119 |
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