A review on biosurfactants: properties, applications and current developments

AR Markande, D Patel, S Varjani - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial surfactants are a large number of amphipathic biomolecules with a myriad of
biomolecule constituents from various microbial sources that have been studied for their …

A critical review on various feedstocks as sustainable substrates for biosurfactants production: a way towards cleaner production

SS Mohanty, Y Koul, S Varjani, A Pandey, HH Ngo… - Microbial cell …, 2021 - Springer
The quest for a chemical surfactant substitute has been fuelled by increased environmental
awareness. The benefits that biosurfactants present like biodegradability, and …

Biosurfactants, natural alternatives to synthetic surfactants: Physicochemical properties and applications

R Jahan, AM Bodratti, M Tsianou… - Advances in colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biosurfactants comprise a wide array of amphiphilic molecules synthesized by plants,
animals, and microbes. The synthesis route dictates their molecular characteristics, leading …

Microbial surfactants: the next generation multifunctional biomolecules for applications in the petroleum industry and its associated environmental remediation

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 …

Biosurfactants: properties and applications in drug delivery, biotechnology and ecotoxicology

TR Bjerk, P Severino, S Jain, C Marques, AM Silva… - Bioengineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
Surfactants are amphiphilic compounds having hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties in
their structure. They can be of synthetic or of microbial origin, obtained respectively from …

COVID-19: Eco-friendly hand hygiene for human and environmental safety

A Daverey, K Dutta - Journal of environmental chemical engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is caused by a highly
pathogenic novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). To date, there is no prescribed medicine for …

Microbial glycoconjugates in organic pollutant bioremediation: recent advances and applications

P Bhatt, A Verma, S Gangola, G Bhandari, S Chen - Microbial cell factories, 2021 - Springer
The large-scale application of organic pollutants (OPs) has contaminated the air, soil, and
water. Persistent OPs enter the food supply chain and create several hazardous effects on …

Biosurfactants: eco-friendly and innovative biocides against biocorrosion

G Płaza, V Achal - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Corrosion influenced by microbes, commonly known as microbiologically induced corrosion
(MIC), is associated with biofilm, which has been one of the problems in the industry. The …

From bumblebee to bioeconomy: Recent developments and perspectives for sophorolipid biosynthesis

S Dierickx, M Castelein, J Remmery, V De Clercq… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sophorolipids are biobased compounds produced by the genera Starmerella and
Pseudohyphozyma that gain exponential interest from academic and industrial stakeholders …

Recent advances in biomedical, therapeutic and pharmaceutical applications of microbial surfactants

C Ceresa, L Fracchia, E Fedeli, C Porta, IM Banat - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens typically existing in biofilm formation and
the recent COVID-19 pandemic, although unrelated phenomena, have demonstrated the …