Environmental Applications of Biosurfactants: Recent Advances
By M. Pacwa-Płociniczak, G. Płaza, Z. Piotrowska-Seget, S. Cameotra. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2011
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Increasing public awareness of environmental pollution influences the search and development of technologies that help in clean up of organic and inorganic contaminants such as hydrocarbons and metals. An alternative and eco-friendly method of remediation technology of environments contaminated with these pollutants is the use of biosurfactants and biosurfactant-producing microorganisms. The diversity of biosurfactants makes them an attractive group of compounds for potential use in a wide variety of industrial and biotechnological applications. The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of advances in the applications of biosurfactants and biosurfactant-producing microorganisms in hydrocarbon and metal remediation technologies.
Subfields: Building and Construction, Molecular Biology, Pollution
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- Isolation and characterization of glycolipid biosurfactant produced by a Pseudomonas otitidis strain isolated from Chirimiri coal mines, India (2016, background): “surface-active molecules can lower the surface and interfacial tension on liquid–liquid or liquid–solid phase boundaries (Pacwa-Plociniczak et al. 2011; Ramani et al. 2012).”
- Biosurfactant-Producing Lactobacilli: Screening, Production Profiles, and Effect of Medium Composition (2011, background): “Biosurfactants, which increase the surface area of hydrophobic waterinsoluble substrates, can be added to the bioremediation processes to stimulate the growth of oil-degrading bacteria and improve their ability to degrade hydrocarbons [15, 19].”