T his chapter gives an overview of current methods for the isolation of biosurfactant
producing microbes. The common screening methods for biosurfactants are presented …

Rhamnolipid-biosurfactants are known to be produced by the genus Pseudomonas,
however recent literature reported that rhamnolipids (RLs) are distributed among diverse …

Three methods to detect biosurfactant production, drop collapse, oil spreading, and blood
agar lysis, were compared for their ease of use and reliability in relation to the ability of the …

Twenty-five crude-oil-degrading bacteria were isolated from oil-contaminated sites in the
Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. Based on a high growth rate on crude oil and on …

Among four crude oil-degrading fungi strains that were isolated from a petroleum-polluted
area in the Rumaila oil field, two fungi strains showed high activity in aliphatic hydrocarbon …

Petroleum pollution inevitably occurs at any stage of oil production and exerts a negative
impact on the environment. Some microorganisms can degrade petroleum hydrocarbons …

A microbial consortium consisting of two isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and one of
rhodococcal from soil contaminated with oily sludge was able to degrade 90% of …

The relative distribution of the modes of hydrocarbon uptake, used by bacteria of the
environment for the degradation of long chain alkanes, has been evaluated. The first mode …

The present study describes elaborately the isolation of a potential biosurfactant producing
and crude oil degrading strains isolated from the reservoir soil of Assam oil reservoir field …

Biosurfactants are surface active materials that are produced by some microorganisms.
These molecules increase biodegradation of insoluble pollutants. In this study sediments …