Biosurfactant: A new frontier for greener technology and environmental sustainability

AA Jimoh, J Lin - Ecotoxicology and Environmental safety, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Rational design, properties, and applications of biosurfactants: a short review of recent advances

K Liu, Y Sun, M Cao, J Wang, JR Lu, H Xu - Current Opinion in Colloid & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biosurfactants combine physicochemical properties with biological activities. Although
biosurfactants are often expressed by microorganisms, an increasing amount is produced by …

Sensitizing cancer cells to immune checkpoint inhibitors by microbiota-mediated upregulation of HLA class I

V Ferrari, AL Cascio, A Melacarne, N Tanasković… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Recent data have shown that gut microbiota has a major impact on the clinical response to
immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in the context of solid tumors. ICI-based therapy acts by …

Biosurfactants: Forthcomings and regulatory affairs in food-based industries

D Sharma, D Singh, GM Sukhbir-Singh… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The terms discussed in this review—biosurfactants (BSs) and bioemulsifiers (BEs)—
describe surface-active molecules of microbial origin which are popular chemical entities for …

Biodegradation of diesel oil by a novel microbial consortium: comparison between co-inoculation with biosurfactant-producing strain and exogenously added …

I Mnif, S Mnif, R Sahnoun, S Maktouf, Y Ayedi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Bioremediation, involving the use of microorganisms to detoxify or remove pollutants, is the
most interesting strategy for hydrocarbon remediation. In this aim, four hydrocarbon …

Characterization of biosurfactant produced by the endophyte Burkholderia sp. WYAT7 and evaluation of its antibacterial and antibiofilm potentials

R EK, J Mathew - Journal of biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
The endophyte Burkholderia sp. WYAT7 isolated from the medicinal plant Artemisia
nilagirica (Clarke) Pamp. was analyzed for its ability to produce biosurfactant. The …

A review on biorefining of palm oil and sugar cane agro-industrial residues by bacteria into commercially viable bioplastics and biosurfactants

SH Kee, K Ganeson, NFM Rashid, AFM Yatim… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing concerns on the rising population, global economy, food safety and
environmental pollution have given impetus to the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates …

Isolation, characterization, and application of biosurfactant by Klebsiella pneumoniae strain IVN51 isolated from hydrocarbon-polluted soil in Ogoniland, Nigeria

IV Nwaguma, CB Chikere, GC Okpokwasili - Bioresources and …, 2016 - Springer
Background/aim Considerable attention has been given to the use of biosurfactants in
recent times because of their potential industrial and environmental applications and …

Optimization of cultural conditions for biosurfactant production by Pleurotus djamor in solid state fermentation

Z Velioglu, RO Urek - Journal of bioscience and bioengineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Being eco-friendly, less toxic, more biodegradable and biocompatible, biological surfactants
have higher activity and stability compared to synthetic ones. In spite of the fact that there are …

Production of a bioemulsifier with potential application in the food industry

JM Campos, TLM Stamford, LA Sarubbo - Applied biochemistry and …, 2014 - Springer
Biosurfactants are of considerable interest due to their biodegradability, low degree of
toxicity, and diverse applications. However, the high production costs involved in the …