Lipopeptides as the antifungal and antibacterial agents: applications in food safety and therapeutics

KR Meena, SS Kanwar - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A lot of crops are destroyed by the phytopathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and yeast
leading to economic losses to the farmers. Members of the Bacillus genus are considered as …

[HTML][HTML] Production and potential biotechnological applications of microbial surfactants: An overview

AI Adetunji, AO Olaniran - Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial surfactants are amphipathic molecules that consist of hydrophilic and hydrophobic
domains, which allow partition of two fluid phases of varying degree of polarity. They are …

Sustainable microbial biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers for commercial exploitation

K Sałek, SR Euston - Process Biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Emulsion-based formulations are widely exploited in medicine, food and cosmetics, where
surfactants and emulsifiers play contrasting, but equally important roles. Both are able to …

[HTML][HTML] Structural diversity and applications of lipopeptide biosurfactants as biocontrol agents against phytopathogens: A review

A Sani, WQ Qin, JY Li, YF Liu, L Zhou, SZ Yang… - Microbiological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Amphipathic compounds known as biosurfactants are able to reduce surface and interfacial
tensions. These substances produced by microbial organisms perform the same functions …

Recent advances in biomedical, therapeutic and pharmaceutical applications of microbial surfactants

C Ceresa, L Fracchia, E Fedeli, C Porta, IM Banat - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens typically existing in biofilm formation and
the recent COVID-19 pandemic, although unrelated phenomena, have demonstrated the …

Isolation and Characterization of Fengycins Produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens JFL21 and Its Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Potential Against Multidrug …

LZ Lin, QW Zheng, T Wei, ZQ Zhang, CF Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The continuing emergence and development of pathogenic microorganisms that are
resistant to antibiotics constitute an increasing global concern, and the effort in new …

Characterisation and antimicrobial activity of biosurfactant extracts produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from a …

T Ndlovu, M Rautenbach, JA Vosloo, S Khan, W Khan - Amb Express, 2017 - Springer
Biosurfactants are unique secondary metabolites, synthesised non-ribosomally by certain
bacteria, fungi and yeast, with their most promising applications as antimicrobial agents and …

Saponins and microbial biosurfactants: potential raw materials for the formulation of cosmetics

KGO Bezerra, RD Rufino, JM Luna… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The cosmetic industry is currently one of the fasting growing sections of the economy in
many countries. The recent tendency toward the use of cosmetics of a natural origin has …

Biosurfactants in cosmetics and biopharmaceuticals

A Varvaresou, K Iakovou - Letters in applied microbiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Biosurfactants are surface‐active biomolecules that are produced by various micro‐
organisms. They show unique properties ie lower toxicity, higher biodegradability and …

Identification of lipopeptide isoforms by MALDI-TOF-MS/MS based on the simultaneous purification of iturin, fengycin, and surfactin by RP-HPLC

H Yang, X Li, X Li, H Yu, Z Shen - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2015 - Springer
A three-stage linear gradient strategy using reverse-phase high-performance liquid
chromatography (HPLC) was optimized for rapid, high-quality, and simultaneous purification …