Biosurfactants in agriculture

DP Sachdev, SS Cameotra - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2013 - Springer
Agricultural productivity to meet growing demands of human population is a matter of great
concern for all countries. Use of green compounds to achieve the sustainable agriculture is …

Biosurfactant and exopolysaccharide-assisted rhizobacterial technique for the remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil: An advancement in metal …

S Lal, S Ratna, OB Said, R Kumar - Environmental Technology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biosurfactant and exopolysaccharide producing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria can
be a best tool for increasing the efficiency of plant assisted remediation of heavy metal …

Brazilian Cerrado soil reveals an untapped microbial potential for unpretreated polyethylene biodegradation

J Peixoto, LP Silva, RH Krüger - Journal of hazardous materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Discarded PE-based products pose a social and environmental threat because of their
recalcitrance to degradation, a consequence of the unique set of PE's physicochemical …

Bacillus spp. Isolated from Puba as a Source of Biosurfactants and Antimicrobial Lipopeptides

KJ Perez, JS Viana, FC Lopes, JQ Pereira… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Several products of industrial interest are produced by Bacillus, including enzymes,
antibiotics, amino acids, insecticides, biosurfactants and bacteriocins. This study aimed to …

Distinct changes occur in the human breast milk microbiome between early and established lactation in breastfeeding Guatemalan mothers

E Gonzalez, NJB Brereton, C Li… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Human breast milk contains a diverse community of bacteria, but as breast milk microbiome
studies have largely focused on mothers from high income countries where few women …

[PDF][PDF] Microbe-mediated bioremediation: Current research and future challenges

D Kour, SS Khan, H Kour, T Kaur, R Devi… - J Appl Biol …, 2022 - researchgate.net
The rise in environmental pollution over the past few decades due to rapid industrialization
and unsafe agricultural practices has become a major challenge. The presence of toxic …

[HTML][HTML] Bioremediation of oily sludge by solid complex bacterial agent with a combined two-step process

CY Ke, FL Qin, ZG Yang, J Sha, WJ Sun, JF Hui… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present research, a bioremediation process was developed using solid complex
bacterial agents (SCBA) through a combined two-step biodegradation process. Four …

Exploring the role of biosurfactants in the remediation of organic contaminants with a focus on the mechanism-a review

S Bose, PS Kumar, G Rangasamy - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
Bacteria secrete a type of compound called biosurfactant which plays an important role in
degradation of xenobiotic compounds. Based on their physico-chemical characteristics …

Biodegradation of aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in seawater by autochthonous microorganisms

E Pereira, AP Napp, S Allebrandt, R Barbosa… - International …, 2019 - Elsevier
The bioremediation of petroleum spills in marine environments is still a challenge
nowadays, and the technology available towards this goal must be improved. The search for …

Oily sludge stimulates microbial activity and changes microbial structure in a landfarming soil

PD de Quadros, VS Cerqueira, JC Cazarolli… - International …, 2016 - Elsevier
We aimed to evaluate the microbial community structure in microcosms containing a soil
collected at a landfarming (LF) site and which was artificially contaminated with oily sludge …