Isolation of Yeasts from Bee bread of Honey Bees, Apis mellifera, and Evaluation of its Ability to Produce Sophorolipid Biosurfactant

Background and Aim: Biosurfactants are amphipathic molecules with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties that allow them to reduce surface tension. Biosurfactants have several advantages over the chemical surfactants, such as lower toxicity, higher biodegradability and better environmental compat...

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Main Authors: Fereshteh Mousavi, Keivan Beheshti Mall, Ahmad Reza Massah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Farname 2014-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmm.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-88-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1