Characterisation and Application Studies of Sophorolipid Biosurfactant by Candida tropicalis RA1

The present study reports isolation of Candida tropicalis RA1 from oil contaminated refinery soil. The study depicted production of 31 g sophorolipid (SLs) l-1 by Candida tropicalis RA1 until 240 h, using soya oil. Semi-purified SLs had critical micelle concentration of 0.5%, minimum surface tension...

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Main Authors: Rutuja Ankulkar, Meera Chavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
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Online Access:https://microbiologyjournal.org/characterisation-and-application-studies-of-sophorolipid-biosurfactant-by-candida-tropicalis-ra1/