Biosurfactants: Research and Development

ISBN-13: 9780323916974 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Soberon-Chavez, Gloria

Spis treści

Section I Introduction 1. Microbial bio-based amphiphiles (biosurfactants): General aspects on critical micelle concentration, surface tension, and phase behavior 2. New insights in biosurfactants Research

Section II Novel approaches for the production and use of biosurfactants 3. Bioinspired glycolipids: Metals interactions and aqueous-source metal recovery technologies 4. Rhamnolipids-Has the promise come true? 5. Biosurfactants as food additives: New trends and applications 6. Novel approaches in the use of biosurfactants in the oil industry and environmental remediation 7. Biosurfactants produced from corn steep liquor and other nonconventional sources: Their application in different industries

Section III Genetic manipulation and the production of novel biosurfactants 8. Metabolic and process engineering on the edge-Rhamnolipids are a true challenge: A review 9. Improved production of novel (bola) glycolipid biosurfactants with the yeast Starmerella bombicola through an integrative approach combining genetic engineering and multiomics analyses 10. Increasing the natural biodiversity of microbial lipopeptides using a synthetic biology approach

Section IV Use of alternative strategies for biosurfactants production 11. Synthetic approaches to production of rhamnolipid and related glycolipids 12. The use of biocatalysis for biosurfactant production

Section V Concluding remarks 13. Challenges and prospects for microbial biosurfactant research