Liquid-liquid separation of antibiotic with reverse micelles

• Main Author: Mohd. Setapar, Siti Hamidah
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Penerbit UTM 2007
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/13556/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Antibiotics are normally produced in aqueous environments, which require further separation and purification steps. The steps are very important and consume a huge part of the overall production cost. Moreover, the production of antibiotics, which typically involves fermentation process, is usu...