Occurrence of Biosurfactant Producing Bacillus spp. in Diverse Habitats

Table 1

Distribution of biosurfactant producing Bacilli from various habitats.

No.	Source	Isolates
1	Lasundra hot water spring (Gujarat, India)	SS, N7, C, SW, N3, P
2	Tuva-Timba hot water spring (Gujarat, India)	TT11, TT12, TT13, TT14, TT15, TT21 TT22, TT23,; TT24, TT31, TT32, TT33, TT34, TT36, TT41, TT42,; TT44, TT46, TT51, TT52, TT61, TT62, TT47
3	Oil well (formation water; Gujarat, India)	O11, O12, O21, O22, O31, O32, O61, O62, O63, O64,; O65, O6, O111, O113, O114, O121, O122, 65
4	Vrajeshwari hot water spring (Maharashtra, India)	VH1, VH2, VH3, VH4, VH5
5	Red sea (Egypt)	E1, E2, E3
6	Kutch desert soil; (Gujarat, India)	KDS1, KDS2, KDS3
7	Black sea (Eastern Europe)	BS
8	Arabian Sea, Jamnagar coast (Gujarat, India)	AS-1
9	Crude oil, Institute of Reservoir Studies; (Gujarat, India)	HTO
10	Petrol pump soil	P1, P3, P8, P7, P9, P4, P2
11	Departmental isolates	DI1, DI2, DI3, DI4, DI7, DI8, DI9, DI10, J