Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1985 · 168 citations · 13 references
Life SciencesBiotechnologyMicrobiologyBioprocess EngineeringMicrobial BiotechnologyMicrobial PhysiologyAnaerobic BacteriologyAnaerobic FermentationIndustrial FermentationMicrobial FermentationMicrobial GrowthMicrobial Metabolite ProductionAnaerobic CultivationAnaerobic Fermentation ConditionsAnaerobic Microbial ProcessesBiosurfactant ProductionBiosurfactantsMicrobial Fermentation ProcessesMicrobial Metabolism In FermentationMicrobial Production Of Biofuels
Bacillus licheniformis JF-2 anaerobically produced a biosurfactant when grown in a glucose-mineral salts medium containing yeast extract and NaNO(3). Surface tension of the medium was reduced from 70 to 74 mN/m to as low as 28 mN/m due to the production of an anionic biosurfactant.
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Atsushi Kakinuma, Gakuzo Tamura · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1968 · 899 citations