| Literature DB >> 15466587 |
Loredana S Dorobantu1, Anthony K C Yeung, Julia M Foght, Murray R Gray.
Abstract
Formation of oil-water emulsions during bacterial growth on hydrocarbons is often attributed to biosurfactants. Here we report the ability of certain intact bacterial cells to stabilize oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions without changing the interfacial tension, by inhibition of droplet coalescence as observed in emulsion stabilization by solid particles like silica.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15466587 PMCID: PMC522095 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6333-6336.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792