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Emulsifying activity of hydrocarbonoclastic marine yeasts

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

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Title Emulsifying activity of hydrocarbonoclastic marine yeasts
 
Creator Gupta, R.
 
Subject yeasts
petroleum hydrocarbons
growth
growth regulators
microbiology
exclusive economic zone
 
Description Marine yeast growth on four petroleum hydrocarbons induced the production of extracellular emulsifying agents (biosurfactants). Out of the 17 marine yeast isolates tested, 7 isolates, i.e., Candida parapsilosis, C. cantarelli, C. membranae-faciens, Candida sp. Debaryomyces hansenii, Rhodotorula glutinis and R. graminis exhibited this activity on kerosene and 3 of them i.e., Candida membranaefaciens, C. albicans and Candida sp. on diesel. The emulsification of the hydrocarbons provided larger surface area on the hydrocarbon for the yeast to attack, degrade and grow on them. The marine yeasts were isolated from Central Indian Ocean Basin and EEZ of India
 
Date 2009-05-05T04:36:25Z
2009-05-05T04:36:25Z
1994
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Nutrients and Bioactive Substances in Aquatic Organisms, Ed. by: Devadasan, K.; Mukundan, M.K.; Antony, P.D.; Nair, P.G.V.; Perigreen, P.A.; Joseph, J. 276-285p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2642
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1994]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Soc. Fish. Technol., Cochin, India