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 …

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 …

A review on new aspects of lipopeptide biosurfactant: types, production, properties and its application in the bioremediation process

PS Kumar, PT Ngueagni - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the worldwide search regarding renewable products from natural resources is
increasing due to the toxicity of chemical counterparts. Biosurfactants are surface-active …

[HTML][HTML] A review of fluid displacement mechanisms in surfactant-based chemical enhanced oil recovery processes: Analyses of key influencing factors

A Bashir, AS Haddad, R Rafati - Petroleum Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant-based oil recovery processes are employed to lower the interfacial tension in
immiscible displacement processes, change the wettability of rock to a more water-wet …

Biosurfactant and Degradative Enzymes Mediated Crude Oil Degradation by Bacterium Bacillus subtilis A1

P Parthipan, E Preetham, LL Machuca… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In this work, the biodegradation of the crude oil by the potential biosurfactant producing
Bacillus subtilis A1 was investigated. The isolate had the ability to synthesize degradative …

[HTML][HTML] Functional characterization of potential PGPR exhibiting broad-spectrum antifungal activity

S Ali, S Hameed, M Shahid, M Iqbal, G Lazarovits… - Microbiological …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study describes the biocontrol potential of rhizobacteria against a range of fungal
phytopathogens. Out of 227 bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of maize, rice, wheat …

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) gut microbiota is modulated by insect meal from Hermetia illucens prepupae in the diet

G Terova, S Rimoldi, C Ascione, E Gini… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2019 - Springer
Insects have been identified as an economically sustainable high-value, and safe protein-
rich alternative to fishmeal in compound feeds for farmed fish. Accordingly, the present study …

Biosurfactants in cosmetic formulations: trends and challenges

X Vecino, JM Cruz, AB Moldes… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Cosmetic products play an essential role in everyone's life. People everyday use a large
variety of cosmetic products such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, skin care …

[HTML][HTML] Production and potential biotechnological applications of microbial surfactants: An overview

AI Adetunji, AO Olaniran - Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial surfactants are amphipathic molecules that consist of hydrophilic and hydrophobic
domains, which allow partition of two fluid phases of varying degree of polarity. They are …