What is it about?
This study investigated the production of biosurfactants by Mucor circinelloides. The effects of different factors on biosurfactant production, including carbon sources and concentrations, nitrogen sources, and iron (II) concentration, were studied and the optimum condition determined. Finally, the strain's ability to remove the crude oil and its relationship with biosurfactant production was evaluated.
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Why is it important?
use of the low natural product and wastes for the production of valuable products
Perspectives
in this paper, we discussed the produced crude biosurfactant or fungal strain could be directly used for the mycoremediation of crude oil contamination in oil fields.
Hamid Moghimi
University of Tehran
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This page is a summary of: Biosurfactant production by
Mucor circinelloides
on waste frying oil and possible uses in crude oil remediation, Water Science & Technology Water Supply, June 2017, IWA Publishing,
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2017.338.
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