Hydrophobic cell surface and bioflocculation behavior of Rhodococcus erythropolis

Flocculating performances of exopolysaccharides produced by a halophilic bacterial strain cultivated on agro-industrial waste

“…These bioflocculant-producing microorganisms include Bacillus subtilis F-2-01 (Taniguchi et al, 2005), Bacillus sp. F19 (Zheng et al, 2008), Serratia ficaria (Gong et al, 2008), Bacillus licheniformis X14 , Rhodococcus erythropolis (Chang et al, 2009), Chryseobacterium daeguense (Liu et al, 2010). Bioflocculants produced by a marine dinoflagellate Gyrodinium impudicum KG03 (Yim et al, 2007), Pseudoalteromonas sp.…”

Isolation and application of Gordonia sp. JC11 for removal of boat lubricants

“…For example the possession of high cell surface hydrophobicity can increase the interaction between microorganisms and hydrophobic oil (Obuekwe et al, 2009). The ability of microorganisms to produce biosurfactant and exopolysaccharide (EPS) is also benefi cial for microbial interaction and oil emulsifi cation (Chang et al, 2009;Satpute et al, 2010). This study therefore characterized the isolated microorganisms as follows: lubricant-removal activity, tetradecane and phenanthrene utilization ability, cell surface hydrophobicity, EPS production activity and emulsifi cation activity.…”

Establishment and characterization of turbine oil-degrading bacterial consortia

“…Therefore, the formation of bacterial aggregates is considered to play an important role in the effective uptake of recalcitrant hydrocarbons in the TuO-degrading consortia. The formation of cell aggregates by the AM mixture was similar to the biofloccules formation by alkanebiodegrading bacterium Rhodococcus erythropolis (NTU-1 strain), which formed aggregates with size ranging 0.1 to 2 cm in diameter and removed a significantly amount of alkanes by biodegradation and physical trapping (Chang et al 2009). Differently from this strain the AM mixture was scarcely able to degrade TuO.…”