Main conclusion Lipopeptides could help to overcome a large concern in agriculture:
resistance against chemical pesticides. These molecules have activity against various …

Oil pollutants, due to their toxicity, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity, are considered a
serious threat to human health and the environment. Petroleum hydrocarbons compounds …

Background Biosurfactants, being highly biodegradable, ecofriendly and multifunctional
compounds have wide applications in various industrial sectors including environmental …

Amongst the total forty-seven bacterial isolates, eleven potent biosurfactant producing and
concomitant hydrocarbon degraders were obtained after primary screening involving drop …

Petroleum hydrocarbons such as crude oil are important environmental contaminants. This
study aims to isolate and identify bacterial strains from crude-oil contaminated environments …

Biosurfactant production optimization by Candida tropicalis UCP0996 was studied
combining central composite rotational design (CCRD) and response surface methodology …

Remediation of petroleum-contaminated soil is a widely concerned challenge. As an
ecofriendly method, the performance improvement of indigenous microbial degradation is …

The present study aimed at exploring mahua (Madhuca indica) oil cake as a novel substrate
for the production of biosurfactant by Serratia rubidaea SNAU02 under solid-state …

This work was aimed to explore rhamnolipid production under solid state fermentation using
a potential substrate mahua oil cake and to evaluate the biocontrol efficacy of rhamnolipid …

Crude oil and its derivatives are the most important pollutants in natural environments.
Bioremediation of crude oil using bacteria has emerged as a green cleanup approach in …