[HTML][HTML] Oily wastewater treatment: Overview of conventional and modern methods, challenges, and future opportunities

K Abuhasel, M Kchaou, M Alquraish, Y Munusamy… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Industrial developments in the oil and gas, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food sector
have contributed to the large production of oily wastewater worldwide. Oily wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] Biosurfactants: potential and eco-friendly material for sustainable agriculture and environmental safety—a review

E Gayathiri, P Prakash, N Karmegam, S Varjani… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the present climate change and increasing world population, there is an urgent need to
discover creative, efficient, and cost-effective natural products for the benefit of humanity …

Biosurfactant is a powerful tool for the bioremediation of heavy metals from contaminated soils

S Mishra, Z Lin, S Pang, Y Zhang, P Bhatt… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal toxicity has become a pressing ecological problem that affects the ecosystems
through bioaccumulation, representing a serious public health hazard. Many conventional …

Biosurfactant: A new frontier for greener technology and environmental sustainability

AA Jimoh, J Lin - Ecotoxicology and Environmental safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Petroleum hydrocarbons, oil, heavy metals pollution is becoming additional severe problem
due to the growing call for crude oil and crude oil products related products in several fields …

Biosurfactants: Formulations, properties, and applications

CE Drakontis, S Amin - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
In this review, we attempt to give an overview on the recent progress made on
biosurfactants, surface-active biomolecules produced by microorganisms, which are a …

Kluyveromyces marxianus: An emerging yeast cell factory for applications in food and biotechnology

A Karim, N Gerliani, M Aïder - International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Several yeasts, which are eukaryotic microorganisms, have long been used in different
industries due to their potential applications, both for fermentation and for the production of …

Biosurfactant production: emerging trends and promising strategies

P Singh, Y Patil, V Rale - Journal of applied microbiology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Biosurfactants are economically most sought after biotechnological compounds of the 21st
century. However, inefficient bioprocessing has mitigated the economical commercial …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial biosurfactant: A new frontier for sustainable agriculture and pharmaceutical industries

A Kumar, SK Singh, C Kant, H Verma, D Kumar… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the current scenario of changing climatic conditions and the rising global population, there
is an urgent need to explore novel, efficient, and economical natural products for the benefit …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial surfactants: The next generation multifunctional biomolecules for applications in the petroleum industry and its associated environmental …

EO Fenibo, GN Ijoma, R Selvarajan, CB Chikere - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Surfactants are a broad category of tensio-active biomolecules with multifunctional
properties applications in diverse industrial sectors and processes. Surfactants are …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic and bio-derived surfactants versus microbial biosurfactants in the cosmetic industry: An overview

AB Moldes, L Rodríguez-López… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article includes an updated review of the classification, uses and side effects of
surfactants for their application in the cosmetic, personal care and pharmaceutical …