Biosurfactants: potential and eco-friendly material for sustainable agriculture and environmental safety—a review

E Gayathiri, P Prakash, N Karmegam, S Varjani… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the present climate change and increasing world population, there is an urgent need to
discover creative, efficient, and cost-effective natural products for the benefit of humanity …

Biosurfactant is a powerful tool for the bioremediation of heavy metals from contaminated soils

S Mishra, Z Lin, S Pang, Y Zhang, P Bhatt… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal toxicity has become a pressing ecological problem that affects the ecosystems
through bioaccumulation, representing a serious public health hazard. Many conventional …

Recent advances in the utilization of natural emulsifiers to form and stabilize emulsions

DJ McClements, L Bai, C Chung - Annual review of food science …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Consumer concern about human and environmental health is encouraging food
manufacturers to use more natural and sustainable food ingredients. In particular, there is …

Characterization of biosurfactant produced during degradation of hydrocarbons using crude oil as sole source of carbon

K Patowary, R Patowary, MC Kalita… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Production and spillage of petroleum hydrocarbons which is the most versatile energy
resource causes disastrous environmental pollution. Elevated oil degrading performance …

[HTML][HTML] Rhamnolipid biosurfactants—past, present, and future scenario of global market

KK Sekhon Randhawa, PKSM Rahman - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Biosurfactants, widely known as surface-active agents of biological origin, have carved a
niche for themselves in the market due to their unique environment-friendly properties. They …

Biosurfactant-assisted bioremediation of crude oil by indigenous bacteria isolated from Taean beach sediment

DW Lee, H Lee, BO Kwon, JS Khim, UH Yim… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Crude oil and its derivatives are considered as one group of the most pervasive
environmental pollutants in marine environments. Bioremediation using oil-degrading …

The impact of biosurfactants on microbial cell properties leading to hydrocarbon bioavailability increase

E Kaczorek, A Pacholak, A Zdarta, W Smułek - Colloids and Interfaces, 2018 - mdpi.com
The environment pollution with hydrophobic hydrocarbons is a serious problem that requires
development of efficient strategies that would lead to bioremediation of contaminated areas …

Contributions of biosurfactants to natural or induced bioremediation

Ł Ławniczak, R Marecik, Ł Chrzanowski - Applied microbiology and …, 2013 - Springer
The number of studies dedicated to evaluating the influence of biosurfactants on
bioremediation efficiency is constantly growing. Although significant progress regarding the …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation and biosurfactant production by a newly isolated Pseudomonas sp. strain from used motor oil-contaminated soil

A Chebbi, D Hentati, H Zaghden, N Baccar… - International …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to isolate and characterize a newly isolated bacterium, designated
strain W10, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) degrader and biosurfactant producer …

Potential applications of biosurfactant rhamnolipids in agriculture and biomedicine

J Chen, Q Wu, Y Hua, J Chen, H Zhang… - Applied microbiology and …, 2017 - Springer
Rhamnolipids have recently emerged as promising bioactive molecules due to their novel
structures, diverse and versatile biological functions, lower toxicity, higher biodegradability …