Microbial biosurfactants: current trends and applications in agricultural and biomedical industries

PJ Naughton, R Marchant, V Naughton… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Synthetic surfactants are becoming increasingly unpopular in many applications due to
previously disregarded effects on biological systems and this has led to a new focus on …

Critical review on biosurfactant analysis, purification and characterization using rhamnolipid as a model biosurfactant

SJ Varjani, VN Upasani - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Surfactants are one of the most versatile group of chemicals used in various industrial
processes. Their market is competitive, and manufacturers will have to expand surfactant …

Recent advances and discoveries of microbial-based glycolipids: Prospective alternative for remediation activities

YJ Ng, SS Chan, KS Khoo, HSH Munawaroh… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactants have always been a prominent chemical that is useful in various sectors (eg,
cleaning agent production industry, textile industry and painting industry). This is due to the …

Carbon spectrum utilization by an indigenous strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCIM 5514: Production, characterization and surface active properties of …

SJ Varjani, VN Upasani - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The present research work was undertaken with a mandate to study carbon spectrum
utilization and structural characterization of biosurfactant produced by indigenous …

Recent advancements in the production of rhamnolipid biosurfactants by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

P Eslami, H Hajfarajollah, S Bazsefidpar - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Rhamnolipid (RL) biosurfactant which is produced by Pseudomonas species is one of the
most effective surface-active agents investigated in the literature. Over the years, many …

Bioconversion of agro-industrial by-products in rhamnolipids toward applications in enhanced oil recovery and bioremediation

EJ Gudiña, AI Rodrigues, E Alves, MR Domingues… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work, biosurfactant production by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain was optimized
using low-cost substrates. The highest biosurfactant production (3.2 g/l) was obtained using …

Current status in biotechnological production and applications of glycolipid biosurfactants

BN Paulino, MG Pessôa, MCR Mano, G Molina… - Applied Microbiology …, 2016 - Springer
Biosurfactants are natural compounds with surface activity and emulsifying properties
produced by several types of microorganisms and have been considered an interesting …

Core flood study for enhanced oil recovery through ex-situ bioaugmentation with thermo-and halo-tolerant rhamnolipid produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCIM …

SJ Varjani, VN Upasani - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study the Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) employing
core field model ex-situ bioaugmenting a thermo-and halo-tolerant rhamnolipid produced by …

Biosurfactant-producing bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa MA01 isolated from spoiled apples: physicochemical and structural characteristics of isolated …

H Abbasi, MM Hamedi, TB Lotfabad, HS Zahiri… - Journal of bioscience …, 2012 - Elsevier
An extensive investigation was conducted to isolate indigenous bacterial strains with
outstanding performance for biosurfactant production from different types of spoiled fruits …

Isolation and functional characterization of novel biosurfactant produced by Enterococcus faecium

D Sharma, BS Saharan, N Chauhan, S Procha, S Lal - SpringerPlus, 2015 - Springer
The objective of the present study was to isolate the biosurfactant (BS) producing lactic acid
bacteria (LAB) from traditional fermented food (buttermilk) and its functional and structural …