Relation between Candida maltosa Hydrophobicity and Hydrocarbon Biodegradation
[ 1 ] Instytut Technologii i Inżynierii Chemicznej, Wydział Technologii Chemicznej, Politechnika Poznańska | [ P ] employee
2005
scientific article
english
- biodegradation
- Candida maltosa
- hydrocarbon
- hydrophobicity
- lecithin
- Quillaya saponin
- rhamnolipids
- surfactants
EN The growth of Candida maltosa on hydrocarbons (dodecane and hexadecane) was influenced by adding various natural and synthetic surfactants. Microbial adhesion to the hydrocarbon was used to measure the surface cell hydrophobicity of the yeast, which in the presence of a synthetic surfactant correlated with the degree of hydrocarbon biodegradation. Non-ionic surfactants caused the highest degree of hydrocarbon biodegradation corresponding the lowest hydrophobicity. A different correlation was observed with natural surfactants, of which saponin was the most effective for hydrocarbon biodegradation, though the concentration of this surfactant had no influence on surface cell hydrophobicity.
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