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World J Microbiol Biotechnol
; 12(1): 82-4, 1996 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24415095
ABSTRACT
Haemolysis has been used as an initial selection criterion for the primary isolation of surfactant-producing bacteria. Only 37 of 492 strains of different origins had haemolytic activity. These 37 strains, together with 49 non-haemolytic ones chosen at random, were studied for surface activity. Only five strains, all of them haemolytic, tested positive. Haemolysis and biosurfactant-production are thus probably associated.