Crude glycerol from biodiesel industry as substrate for biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633

Glycerol, a co-product of the biodiesel industry, may be a suitable raw material for the production of high added-value compounds by the microorganisms. This study aimed to use the glycerol obtained from the biodiesel production process as the main carbon source for biosurfactant production by Bacil...

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Main Authors: Marylane de Sousa, Iuri Torquato Dantas, Anne Kamilly Nogueira Felix, Hosiberto Batista de Sant'Ana, Vânia Maria Maciel Melo, Luciana Rocha Barros Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2014-04-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132014000200019&lng=en&tlng=en