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SUBMITTER: Sarafin Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4250494 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saudi journal of biological sciences 20140121 6
Biosurfactant screening was made among the eight halophilic bacterial genera isolated from Kovalam solar salt works in Kanyakumari of India. After initial screening, Kocuria sp. (Km), Kurthia sp. (Ku) and Halococcus sp. (Hc) were found to have positive biosurfactant activity. Biosurfactant derived from Kocuria sp. emulsified more than 50% of the crude oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, olive oil and kerosene when compared to the other strains. Further, Kocuria marina BS-15 derived biosurfactant wa ...[more]