Growth of Acinetobacter Sp. ATCC 31012 on various substrates and under varying conditions has been used to produce two classes of extracellular microbial protein-associated lipopolysaccharides (the "emulsans") which, on a weight-for-weight basis, are probably the most efficient emulsifiers discovered...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US4311830?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4311830 - Apo-.alpha.-emulsans
