Production of biosurfactants from agro-industrial waste and waste cooking oil in a circular bioeconomy: An overview

VK Gaur, P Sharma, R Sirohi, S Varjani… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Waste generation is becoming a global concern owing to its adverse effects on environment
and human health. The utilization of waste as a feedstock for production of value-added …

Biosurfactants: multifunctional biomolecules of the 21st century

DKF Santos, RD Rufino, JM Luna, VA Santos… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
In the era of global industrialisation, the exploration of natural resources has served as a
source of experimentation for science and advanced technologies, giving rise to the …

[HTML][HTML] Potential utilization of dairy industries by-products and wastes through microbial processes: A critical review

T Sar, S Harirchi, M Ramezani, G Bulkan… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dairy industry generates excessive amounts of waste and by-products while it gives a
wide range of dairy products. Alternative biotechnological uses of these wastes need to be …

A review on kombucha tea—microbiology, composition, fermentation, beneficial effects, toxicity, and tea fungus

R Jayabalan, RV Malbaša, ES Lončar… - … reviews in food …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Fermentation of sugared tea with a symbiotic culture of acetic acid bacteria and yeast (tea
fungus) yields kombucha tea which is consumed worldwide for its refreshing and beneficial …

Sophorolipids: A comprehensive review on properties and applications

S Pal, N Chatterjee, AK Das, DJ McClements… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sophorolipids are surface-active glycolipids produced by several non-pathogenic yeast
species and are widely used as biosurfactants in several industrial applications …

Cost effective technologies and renewable substrates for biosurfactants' production

IM Banat, SK Satpute, SS Cameotra, R Patil… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Diverse types of microbial surface active amphiphilic molecules are produced by a range of
microbial communities. The extraordinary properties of biosurfactant/bioemulsifier (BS/BE) …

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 …

Optimization and characterization of biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis isolates towards microbial enhanced oil recovery applications

JFB Pereira, EJ Gudiña, R Costa, R Vitorino… - Fuel, 2013 - Elsevier
Biosurfactant production by three Bacillus subtilis strains (# 309,# 311 and# 573) isolated
from Brazilian crude oils was optimized based on different carbon and nitrogen sources. The …

Nisin biotechnological production and application: a review

LJ de Arauz, AF Jozala, PG Mazzola… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2009 - Elsevier
Nisin is a natural antimicrobial peptide produced by strains of Lactococcus lactis subsp.
lactis that effectively inhibits Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and also the …

Advances in utilization of renewable substrates for biosurfactant production

RS Makkar, SS Cameotra, IM Banat - AMB express, 2011 - Springer
Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules that have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic
moieties which partition preferentially at the interfaces such as liquid/liquid, gas/liquid or …