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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1985 September; 50(3): 698-700
Copyright © 1985, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Anaerobic Production of a Biosurfactant by Bacillus licheniformis JF-2

¹ Department of Botany and Microbiology and School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering,² University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019

ABSTRACT

Bacillus licheniformis JF-2 anaerobically produced a biosurfactant when grown in a glucose-mineral salts medium containing yeast extract and NaNO₃. Surface tension of the medium was reduced from 70 to 74 mN/m to as low as 28 mN/m due to the production of an anionic biosurfactant.

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