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1. Role of Biosurfactants in Remediation of Heavy Metals

   Environmental contamination by heavy metals is fast becoming a worldwide concern due to their non-degradable nature that enhance their accumulation...

   Muibat Omotola Fashola, Olajide Solomon Anagun, ... Olubukola Oluranti Babalola in Heavy Metal Remediation

   Chapter 2024
   

2. Biodegradation and Cytotoxic Effects of Biosurfactants

   Biosurfactants are surface-active, amphiphilic compounds formed extracellularly as secondary metabolites by microbes, especially the bacterial genera...

   Sethuramalingam Balakrishnan, Marimuthu Ragavan Rameshkumar, ... Narasingam Arunagirinathan in Advancements in Biosurfactants Research

   Chapter 2023
   

3. Bioprospecting of biosurfactant-producing bacteria for hydrocarbon bioremediation: Optimization and characterization

   Biosurfactants have been found capable of replacing synthetic surfactants which include ongoing bioprospecting of biosurfactant-producing bacteria as...

   Anfal Bellebcir, Fateh Merouane, ... Mohammed Berkani in Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

   Article 19 June 2023

4. Biosurfactant production prospects of a Gram-negative bacterium-Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. ozaenae BK34

   Increasing environmental concerns have brought natural surfactant produced by microorganisms into limelight due to their lesser toxicity,...

   Harpreet Kaur, Seema Sangwan, ... Sushila Singh in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

   Article 18 April 2022
   

5. Influences of Microorganisms based Biosurfactants in Bioremediation Process: An Eco-friendly Approach

   Biosurfactants are surface-active metabolites biosynthesized by various groups of microorganisms like yeast, algae, bacteria and fungi. They have...

   Muthusamy Sanjivkumar, Tanmay Ghosh, ... Sylvester Sayen Merlin Sophia in Microbial and Biotechnological Interventions in Bioremediation and Phytoremediation

   Chapter 2022
   

6. Characterization of Extracellular Biosurfactants Expressed by a Pseudomonas putida Strain Isolated from the Interior of Healthy Roots from Sida hermaphrodita Grown in a Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil

   Pseudomonas putida E41 isolated from root interior of Sida hermaphrodita (grown on a field contaminated with heavy metals) showed high biosurfactant...

   Przemysław Bernat, Joseph Nesme, ... Grażyna Płaza in Current Microbiology

   Article 20 August 2019
   

7. Isolation, screening and molecular characterization of biosurfactant producing bacteria from soil samples of auto repair shops

   A total of 107 bacterial strains were isolated from used motor oil contaminated soil samples from auto-repair shops. The isolates were evaluated for...

   Ebru Uyar, Özgür Sağlam in Archives of Microbiology

   Article 12 July 2021
   

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

   Background/aim

   Considerable attention has been given to the use of biosurfactants in recent times because of their potential industrial and...

   Ijeoma Vivian Nwaguma, Chioma Blaise Chikere, Gideon Chijioke Okpokwasili in Bioresources and Bioprocessing

   Article Open access 07 September 2016
   

9. Microbial biosurfactants for oil spill remediation: pitfalls and potentials

   Spillage of fossil-based oils during their conveyance through water conduits are sporadic, but significant environmental disasters. As the viscous...

   Seema Patel, Ahmad Homaei, ... Achlesh Daverey in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

   Article 21 October 2018