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Microbial Biosurfactants as Additives for Food Industries

Authors

Jenyffer Medeiros Campos,  Tania Lucia Montenegro Stamford, Leonie Asfora Sarubbo, Juliana Moura de Luna, Raquel Diniz Rufino, Ibrahim M. Banat

Abstract

Microbial biosurfactants with high ability to reduce surface and interfacial surface tension and conferring important properties such as emulsification, detergency, solubilization, lubrication and phase dispersion have a wide range of potential applications in many industries. Significant […]

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Les biosurfactants, plus que jamais sollicités

Author

Ibrahim M. Banat 

Abstract

Les recherches sur les surfactants, agents utilisés comme émulsifiants ou dispersants, sont stimulées par les préoccupations écologiques. De nombreux microorganismes producteurs de surfactants biodégradables pourraient permettre, à l’ avenir, de mieux lutter contre les pollutions.

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Potential commercial applications of microbial surfactants

Authors

I. M. Banat á R. S. Makkar á S. S. Cameotra

Abstract

Surfactants are surface-active compounds capable of reducing surface and interfacial tension at the interfaces between liquids, solids and gases, thereby al- lowing them to mix or disperse readily as emulsions in water or other liquids. The enormous market demand for surfactants is currently met by […]

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Microbial biosurfactants production, applications and future potential

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Ibrahim M. Banat & Andrea Franzetti & Isabella Gandolfi & Giuseppina Bestetti & Maria G. Martinotti & Letizia Fracchia & Thomas J. Smyth & Roger Marchant

Abstract

Microorganisms synthesise a wide range of surface-active compounds (SAC), generally called biosurfactants. These compounds are mainly classified according to their molecular weight, physico-chemical properties and mode of action. The low-molecular-weight […]

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