Table 2.
Emulsification activity (%) of crude biosurfactant from halobacterial strains against oils.
| Oils used | Control |
Emulsification activity (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDS | Tween 80 | Pr | BS-15 | Pb | Ac | Kr | Cc | Cb | Hc | |
| Crude oil | 50.06 ± 0.50 | 56.04 ± 0.05 | 27.19 ± 0.26 | 52.06 ± 0.05 | 23.15 ± 0.21 | 25.21 ± 0.33 | 50.08 ± 0.10 | 19.15 ± 0.21 | 21.23 ± 0.20 | 37.28 ± 0.44 |
| Coconut oil | 65.1 ± 0.1 | 59.27 ± 0.45 | 32.05 ± 0.04 | 63.27 ± 0.45 | 18.12 ± 0.15 | 17.22 ± 0.33 | 46.1 ± ‘ 0.1 | 22.21 ± 0.33 | 15.05 ± 0.05 | 43.05 ± 0.05 |
| Sunflower oil | 63.17 ± 0.28 | 61.24 ± 0.39 | 29.16 ± 0.20 | 68.02 ± 0.02 | 26.29 ± 0.49 | 28.24 ± 0.39 | 34.1 ± 0.26 | 18.30 ± 0.51 | 27.15 ± 0.22 | 56.05 ± 0.05 |
| Olive oil | 71.25 ± 0.38 | 68.21 ± 0.33 | 25.28 ± 0.44 | 50.43 ± 0.37 | 15.25 ± 0.38 | 30.08 ± 0.10 | 29.30 ± 0.51 | 27.1 ± 0.16 | 12.15 ± 0.21 | 65.12 ± 0.15 |
| Kerosene | 52.46 ± 0.41 | 53.2 ± 0.26 | 31.15 ± 0.21 | 37.09 ± 0.10 | 32.15 ± 0.21 | 14.17 ± 0.28 | 43.19 ± 0.26 | 29.22 ± 0.32 | 31.17 ± 0.28 | 70.90 ± 0.27 |
The values are significantly differed each other’s (F = 18.37; P <= 0.001) – Two Way ANOVA.
Pr, Proteus sp.; Km, K. marina BS-15; Pr, Photobacterium sp.; Ac, Aerococcus sp.; Kr–Kurthia sp.; Cp, Coprococcus sp.; Cb, Clavibacter sp.; and Hc, Halococcus sp.