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Production and release of surfactant byCorynebacterium lepus in hydrocarbon and glucose media

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Corynebacterium lepus produced a considerable amount of extracellular surfactant during growth in a mineral salts medium containing hexadecane as the sole carbon source. The study revealed that the bacterium also produced a large amount of surfactant when grown on glucose, but in this case the surface active agent was cell bound. The surfactant was released from the cells when they were treated with hexadecane after growth. Tetradecane also showed a good capability for release of the surfactant. Decane and octane were less effective than hexadecane and tetradecane.

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  1. Chemical Engineering Department, University of Ottawa, 770 King Edward Avenue, K1N 9B4, Ottawa, Ontario

    Z. Duvnjak

  2. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B9, London, Ontario, Canada

    N. Kosaric

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Duvnjak, Z., Kosaric, N. Production and release of surfactant byCorynebacterium lepus in hydrocarbon and glucose media. Biotechnol Lett 7, 793–796 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01025556

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