Microbial biosurfactants: a review of recent environmental applications

E Eras-Muñoz, A Farré, A Sánchez, X Font, T Gea - Bioengineered, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Microbial biosurfactants are low-molecular-weight surface-active compounds of high
industrial interest owing to their chemical properties and stability under several …

Biosurfactants: Formulations, properties, and applications

CE Drakontis, S Amin - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
In this review, we attempt to give an overview on the recent progress made on
biosurfactants, surface-active biomolecules produced by microorganisms, which are a …

Biosurfactants: The green generation of speciality chemicals and potential production using Solid-State fermentation (SSF) technology

IM Banat, Q Carboue, G Saucedo-Castaneda… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surfactants are multipurpose products found in most sectors of contemporary industry. Their
large-scale manufacturing has been mainly carried out using traditional chemical processes …

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 …

Oil press-cakes and meals valorization through circular economy approaches: A review

P Ancuța, A Sonia - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The food industry generates a large amount of waste every year, which opens up a research
field aimed at minimizing and efficiently managing this issue to support the concept of zero …

Biosurfactants: production and application prospects in the food industry

BG Ribeiro, JMC Guerra, LA Sarubbo - Biotechnology progress, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There has been considerable interest in the use of biosurfactants due to the diversity of
structures and the possibility of production from a variety of substrates. The potential for …

Recent advances of biosurfactant for waste and pollution bioremediation: Substitutions of petroleum-based surfactants

YJ Ng, HR Lim, KS Khoo, KW Chew, DJC Chan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biosurfactant is one of the emerging compounds in the industrial sector that behaves
similarly with their synthetic counterparts, as they can reduce surface and interfacial tension …

A review on recent advances in the application of biosurfactants in wastewater treatment

ST Malkapuram, V Sharma, SP Gumfekar… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microorganisms produce a variety of non-conventional surface-active molecules, known as
biosurfactants. The biosurfactants find diverse applications in the oil industry, agriculture …

Sophorolipids—bio-based antimicrobial formulating agents for applications in food and health

WY Cho, JF Ng, WH Yap, BH Goh - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sophorolipids are well-known glycolipid biosurfactants, produced mainly by non-pathogenic
yeast species such as Candida bombicola with high yield. Its unique environmental …

Solid-state fermentation from organic wastes: A new generation of bioproducts

N Oiza, J Moral-Vico, A Sánchez, ER Oviedo, T Gea - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Solid-state fermentation (SSF) is part of the pathway to consolidate waste as a relevant
alternative for the valorization of organic waste. The objective of SSF is to produce one or …