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Reversed micelles are aggregates of surfactant molecules containing an inner core of water molecules, dispersed in a continuous organic solvent medium. These systems are optically transparent and thermodynamically stable. The considerable biotechnological potential of these systems is derived principally from the ability of the water droplets to dissolve enzymes, without loss of activity, in much the same way as bulk water does. The use of these systems in the biotransformation of apolar compounds present in the bulk oil phase has been described in a number of publications (Luisi, 1985; Martinek and Semenov, 1981; Hilhorst et al., 1983; Laane et al., 1987; Fletcher and Robinson, 1985).
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Dekker, M. (1993). Reversed Micelles for Protein Purification. In: Ngo, T.T. (eds) Molecular Interactions in Bioseparations. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1872-7_35
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