Sustainable microbial biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers for commercial exploitation

K Sałek, SR Euston - Process Biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Emulsion-based formulations are widely exploited in medicine, food and cosmetics, where
surfactants and emulsifiers play contrasting, but equally important roles. Both are able to …

Self-assembly, interfacial properties, interactions with macromolecules and molecular modelling and simulation of microbial bio-based amphiphiles (biosurfactants). A …

N Baccile, C Seyrig, A Poirier, S Alonso-de Castro… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical surfactants are omnipresent in consumer products, but they are the subject of
environmental concerns. For this reason, the complete replacement of petrochemical …

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 …

Current status in biotechnological production and applications of glycolipid biosurfactants

BN Paulino, MG Pessôa, MCR Mano, G Molina… - Applied Microbiology …, 2016 - Springer
Biosurfactants are natural compounds with surface activity and emulsifying properties
produced by several types of microorganisms and have been considered an interesting …

Aqueous self-assembly of a wide range of sophorolipid and glucolipid microbial bioamphiphiles (biosurfactants): considerations on the structure-properties …

N Baccile, A Poirier, P Le Griel, P Pernot, M Pala… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sophorolipids are well-known scaled-up microbial glycolipid biosurfactants with a strong
potential for commercialization due to their biological origin and mildness in contact with the …

Sophorolipids: Anti-cancer activities and mechanisms

RT Miceli, DT Corr, M Barroso, N Dogra… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sophorolipids (SLs) are biosurfactants synthesized as secondary metabolites by non-
pathogenic yeasts and other microorganisms. They are members of glycolipid microbial …

Biosurfactants from waste: structures and interfacial properties of sophorolipids produced from a residual oil cake

P Jiménez‐Peñalver, A Koh, R Gross… - Journal of Surfactants …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sophorolipids (SL) are microbial biosurfactants that have entered the market as detergent
and cosmetic formulation ingredients. Current research is focused on the use of wastes to …

pH-switchable pickering emulsions stabilized by polyelectrolyte-biosurfactant complex coacervate colloids

S Laquerbe, A Carvalho, M Schmutz, A Poirier… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Hypothesis Polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes (PESCs) have long been
employed as oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions stabilizers, but never in the structure of colloidal …

Host Defense Peptide Piscidin and Yeast-Derived Glycolipid Exhibit Synergistic Antimicrobial Action through Concerted Interactions with Membranes

F Liu, AI Greenwood, Y Xiong, RT Miceli, R Fu… - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Developing new antimicrobials as alternatives to conventional antibiotics has become an
urgent race to eradicate drug-resistant bacteria and to save human lives. Conventionally …

Unlocking the potential of a glycolipid platform through chemical modification

M Pala, SLKW Roelants, W Soetaert… - Current Opinion in Green …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sophorolipids are an important class of glycolipid microbial biosurfactants because of their
attractive surface-active and biological properties recently resulting in industrial production …