Biosurfactants have become attractive microbial products in the emerging biotechnology
industry due to their advantages over synthetic surfactants in terms of environmental …

Petroleum hydrocarbons, oil, heavy metals pollution is becoming additional severe problem
due to the growing call for crude oil and crude oil products related products in several fields …

Due to the increased use of crude oil and other oil-related products, a large amount of waste
is produced and discharged into the environment. These wastes contain toxic heavy metals …

The demand for bio-based processes and materials in the petrochemical industry has
significantly increased during the last decade because of the expected running out of …

In this work the influence of the carbon source concentration, of the type and concentration
of the nitrogen source and of the cultivation conditions (temperature, aeration and agitation …

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 …

Several biological processes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms require the presence
of glycolipids (biosurfactants), compounds with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups in …

Abstract This Microbiology Monographs volume covers the current and most recent
advances in the field of microbial surfactants. There is increasing interest in microbial …

The aim of this work was to study the Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) employing
core field model ex-situ bioaugmenting a thermo-and halo-tolerant rhamnolipid produced by …

An extensive investigation was conducted to isolate indigenous bacterial strains with
outstanding performance for biosurfactant production from different types of spoiled fruits …