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produce biosurfactants in
large relative quantities. Some are of
commercial interest. As a
secondary metabolite of microorganisms,
biosurfactants can be...
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production of oil
recovery agents such as gases, acids,
solvents and
biosurfactants from
microbial degradation of mol****es. In 1954, the
first field test...
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highest values seen in a
fermentation process Desirable properties of
biosurfactants are
biodegradability and low toxicity.
Sophorolipids produced by several...
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hydrocarbons in
bioremediation processes.
There are two ways by
which biosurfactants are
involved in bioremediation. (1)
Increase the
surface area of hydrophobic...
- good
source of
biosurfactants,
hence are used commercially, e.g.
Bacillus licheniformis.
These kinds of
bacteria produce biosurfactants which replace chemically...
- versatile. Its
genome also
contains instructions for the
formation of
biosurfactants which aid in the
process of degradation. To deal with
external threats...
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reducing surface tension between two
liquids or a
liquid and a solid.
Biosurfactants, surface-active
agents of
biological origin, have environment-friendly...
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Serratia secretes a host of
virulence factors,
including prodigiosin,
biosurfactants, DNAse, lipase, protease, gelatinase, hemolysin, chitinase, chloroperoxidase...
- vitro.
While most
hemolysins are
protein compounds, some are
lipid biosurfactants. Many
bacteria produce hemolysins that can be
detected in the laboratory...
- species,
swarming motility requires the self-production of
biosurfactant to occur.
Biosurfactant synthesis is
usually under the
control of an intercellular...
