Use of weathered diesel oil as a low-cost raw material for biosurfactant production

This work aimed to investigate the capability of biosurfactant production by Staphylococcus hominis, Kocuria palustris and Pseudomonas aeruginosa LBI, using weathered diesel oil from a long-standing spillage as raw material. The effect of the culture media (Robert or Bushnell-Haas) and of the carbon...

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Main Authors: A. P. Mariano, D. M. Bonotto, D. F. Angelis, M. P. S. Pirôllo, J. Contiero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering 2008-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322008000200006