Cosmetics and personal care items are used worldwide and administered straight to the
skin. The hazardous nature of the chemical surfactant utilized in the production of cosmetics …

Microbial surfactants are amphiphilic surface-active substances aid to reduce surface and
interfacial tensions by accumulating between two fluid phases. They can be generically …

Streptomyces is the main genus of Actinobacteria, which has its main industrial application
in the production of antibiotics. However, several studies have also reported that …

Chemical surfactants have raised concerns due to their negative impact on ecosystems,
prompting the search for eco‐friendly alternatives. Biosurfactants derived from …

Microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) stands out as an environmentally and
economically significant approach utilizing microorganisms and their bio-products to reduce …

Agriculture is a science and art of cultivating crops to mitigate global food demands. The
quantum of agricultural research has been shifted toward discovering biological solutions in …

Microbial surfactants are green molecules with high surface activities having the most
promising advantages over chemical surfactants including their ability to efficiently reducing …

Biosurfactant refers to surface-acting substances that can enhance surface-surface
interactions by generating micelles that are derived from natural sources including plants …

The PLOS ONE Editors retract this article [1] because it was identified as one of a series of
submissions for which we have concerns about authorship, competing interests, and peer …