Biosurfactant production by two isolates ofPseudomonas aeruginosa
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Abstract
Two strains of biosurfactant-producing bacteria, identified asPseudomonas aeruginosa, were isolated from injection water and crude oil-associated water in Venezuelan oil fields. Both biosurfactants resembled rhamnolipids and produced stable emulsions of heavy and extra-heavy crude oils, reducing the surface tension of water from 72 to 28 dynes/cm. Tenso-active properties of the biosurfactants were not affected by pH, temperature, salinity or Ca2+ or Mg2+ at concentrations in excess of those found in many oil reservoirs in Venezuela.
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Biosurfactants microbially enhanced oil recovery Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhamnolipidsPreview
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