Isolation of a Soil Coccus capable of utilizing ‘Tween 80’ as a Sole Source of Carbon

Effect of surfactant Tween 80 on growth and esterase production of Fusarium culmorum in liquid fermentation

“…Due to the widespread use of Tween 80, it is important to understand how this surfactant affects microbial growth and enzyme production. Some studies have reported that microorganisms are capable of utilizing Tween 80 as a sole source of carbon (Minami, 1958;Chakrabarty et al, 1970;Nielsen et al, 2016;Nguyen et al, 2018). Fungi are of great importance for bioremediation process due to the highly efficient intracellular and extracellular enzymatic system (Sánchez, 2020).…”

A TAXONOMIC STUDY OF A SOIL COCCUS CAPABLE OF UTILIZING TWEEN 80 AS A SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON: MICROCOCCUS TWEENIS

“…It seems, however, that this organism differs somewhat from the author's coccus, since the optimum pH for growth of the latter is 6.8 to 7.2 although to make a direct comparison between the two was impossible. The author believes, therefore, that the present coccus is a new species of Micrococcus and, as previously reported (Minami 1958) , he wishes to propose the name Micrococcus tweenis, because the organism was first isolated by screening with Tween 80 as a sole source of carbon.…”

“…Therefore, to overcome this difficult the use of another microorganism, which can utilize Tween 80 as a sole source of carbon, was necessary; such an organism was isolated from the soil. The organism isolated from the soil belonged to a genus of Micrococcaceae, and it has been designated as Micrococcus tweenis in the preliminary report (Minami, 1958) . The present paper will be concerned with details of the taxonomic description of this coccus.…”