Stabilization of oil-water emulsions by hydrophobic bacteria
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The ability of certain intact bacterial cells to stabilize oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions without changing the interfacial tension, by inhibition of droplet coalescence as observed in emulsion stabilization by solid particles like silica is reported. Findings suggest that bacterial cells play a role in stabilizing emulsions in circumstances ranging from oil spills to fermentation.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2004
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Microbial life beneath a high Arctic glacier
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Researchers discovered several different types of microbes underneath the John Evans Glacier on eastern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. The organisms included aerobic chemoheterotrophs, anaerobic nitrate reducers, sulfate reducers, and methanogens. Similar conditions may exist under Martian polar ice caps, creating a viable habitat for life on Mars.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2000
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Fermentative production of L-Alanyl-L-glutamine by a metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strain expressing L-amino acid alpha-ligase
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The fermentative production of L-alanyl-L-glutamine (Ala-Gln) using an Escherichia coli strain expressing L-amino acid alpha-ligase (Lal) is presented.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2007
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