Biosurfactant production by a Bacillus megaterium strain.

ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability of Bacillus megaterium IBB_Po17 (GenBank KX499518) cells to produce biosurfactant when the growth was done in the presence of long-chain n-alkane n-hexadecane on medium supplemented with yeast extract, proteose peptone, starch, or cellulose. B. megaterium IBB_Po17 revealed a higher growth in the presence of n-hexadecane when the medium was supplemented with yeast extract, proteose peptone, or starch, compared with cellulose. Biosurfactant production was higher when B. megaterium IBB_Po17 was grown in the presence of n-hexadecane on yeast extract, proteose peptone, or starch supplemented medium, compared with biosurfactant produced on cellulose supplemen

SUBMITTER: Stancu MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7747503 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature