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Appl Environ Microbiol
; 70(10): 6333-6, 2004 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15466587
ABSTRACT
Formation of oil-water emulsions during bacterial growth on hydrocarbons is often attributed to biosurfactants. Here we report 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.