Biosurfactants [electronic resource] :From Genes to Applications / edited by Gloria Soberón-Chávez.
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BookSeries: Microbiology Monographs: 20Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : 2011.Description: VIII, 216 p. online resource.ISBN: 9783642144905.Subject(s): Life sciences | Microbiology | Life Sciences | MicrobiologyDDC classification: 579 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Gloria Soberón- Chávez and Raina M. Maier: Biosurfactants: a General Overview -- Ahmad Mohammad Abdel-Mawgoud, Rudolf Hausmann, Francois Lépine, Markus M. Müller and Eric Déziel: Rhamnolipids: Detection, Analysis, Biosynthesis, Genetic Regulation and Bioengineering of Production -- Philippe Jacques: Surfactin and other lipopeptides from Bacillus spp -- Tohey Matsuyama*, Taichiro Tanikawa and Yoji Nakagawa: Serrawettins and other Surfactants Produced by Serratia -- Zongze Shao: Trehalolipids -- J. Arutchelvi and Mukesh Doble: Mannosylerythritol lipids: Microbial production and their applications -- Inge N.A. Van Bogaert* and Wim Soetaert: Sophorolipids.
Biosurfactants, tensio-active compounds produced by living cells, are now gaining increasing interest due to their potential applications in many different industrial areas in which to date almost exclusively synthetic surfactants have been used. Their unique structures and characteristics are just starting to be appreciated. In addition, biosurfactants are considered to be environmentally “friendly,” relatively non-toxic and biodegradable. This Microbiology Monographs volume deals with the most recent advances in the field of microbial biosurfactants, such as rhamnolipids, serrawettins, trehalolipids, mannosylerythritol lipids, sophorolipids, surfactin and other lipopeptides. Each chapter reviews the characteristics of an individual biosurfactant including the physicochemical properties, the chemical structures, the role in the physiology of the producing microbes, the biosynthetic pathways, the genetic regulation, and the potential biotechnological applications.
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