ISOLATION AND SELECTION OF BIOSURFACTANT-PRODUCING BACTERIA

Authors
CARRILLO PG MARDARAZ C PITTAALVAREZ SI GIULIETTI AM
Citation
Pg. Carrillo et al., ISOLATION AND SELECTION OF BIOSURFACTANT-PRODUCING BACTERIA, World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 12(1), 1996, pp. 82-84
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
World journal of microbiology & biotechnology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09593993
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
82 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-3993(1996)12:1<82:IASOBB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Haemolysis has been used as an initial selection criterion for the pri mary isolation of surfactant-producing bacteria. Only 37 of 492 strain s of different origins had haemolytic activity, These 37 strains, toge ther with 49 non-haemolytic ones chosen at random, were studied for su rface activity. Only five strains, all of them haemolytic, tested posi tive. Haemolysis and biosurfactant-production are thus probably associ ated.