Protocols for Measuring Biosurfactant Production in Microbial Cultures

Microbial biosurfactants have wide structural and functional diversity which consequently requires the adoption of a range of techniques to investigate these amphiphilic molecules. Literature on the production and analytical detection of biosurfactants is overwhelmed with assertions of high yields for such products which are mostly over exaggerated estimates due to the use of flawed or inaccurate analytical techniques. In this chapter we focus on quantitative methods available to allow accurate estimates of production and yield data to be generated.

Source: Springer protocols feed by Microbiology - November 16, 2016 Category: Microbiology Source Type: news