Surface interfacial physiology is particularly important to unicellular organisms with regard to
maintenance of optimal cell function. Bacterial cell surfaces possess net negative …

Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (eg, fishing,
food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors …

This volume chronicles the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Contact
Angle, Wettability and Adhesion held in Providence, Rhode Island, May 20a 23, 2002. This …

A strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens, isolated from petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated
soil was examined for its ability to utilize a variety of hydrocarbon substrates. Surface tension …

Twenty-five years ago this past autumn, we published a short article entitled 'Adherence of
bacteria to hydrocarbons: a simple method for measuring cell-surface hydrophobicity'in …

Conventional landfarming approaches to bioremediation of refinery and other petroleum
sludges are not acceptable environmentally and are banned in most North American …

We examined physiological adaptations which allow the psychrotroph Rhodococcus sp.
strain Q15 to assimilate alkanes at a low temperature (alkanes are contaminants which are …

An extracellular lipase, LipA, extracted from Acinetobacter sp. RAG‐1 grown on hexadecane
was purified and properties of the enzyme investigated. The enzyme is released into the …

Biodegradation of poorly water-soluble liquid hydrocarbons is often limited by low
availability of the substrate to microbes. Adhesion of microorganisms to an oil–water …

Bioemulsifiers are compounds produced by microorganisms that reduce the interfacial
forces between hydrophobic substances and water. Due to their potential in the …