Effect of synthetic surfactants on the environment and the potential for substitution by biosurfactants

P Johnson, A Trybala, V Starov, VJ Pinfield - Advances in colloid and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The environmental impacts of the use of synthetic surfactants are discussed in this work
such as their high levels of toxicity and low biodegradability. These materials destroy aquatic …

Antimicrobial peptides and proteins: from nature's reservoir to the laboratory and beyond

T Sarkar, M Chetia, S Chatterjee - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Rapid rise of antimicrobial resistance against conventional antimicrobials, resurgence of
multidrug resistant microbes and the slowdown in the development of new classes of …

Biosurfactant production: emerging trends and promising strategies

P Singh, Y Patil, V Rale - Journal of applied microbiology, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Biosurfactants are economically most sought after biotechnological compounds of the 21st
century. However, inefficient bioprocessing has mitigated the economical commercial …

Small bioactive peptides for biomaterials design and therapeutics

IW Hamley - Chemical reviews, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
This review is aimed to provide a concise yet extensive survey of key short bioactive peptide
sequences for a range of applications ranging from biomaterials development to peptides …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial biosurfactant: a new frontier for sustainable agriculture and pharmaceutical industries

A Kumar, SK Singh, C Kant, H Verma, D Kumar… - Antioxidants, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
In the current scenario of changing climatic conditions and the rising global population, there
is an urgent need to explore novel, efficient, and economical natural products for the benefit …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial Activities of Lipopeptides and Polyketides of Bacillus velezensis for Agricultural Applications

M Fazle Rabbee, KH Baek - Molecules, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Since the discovery of penicillin, bacteria are known to be major sources of secondary
metabolites that can function as drugs or pesticides. Scientists worldwide attempted to …

Biosurfactants in plant protection against diseases: Rhamnolipids and lipopeptides case study

J Crouzet, A Arguelles-Arias… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Biosurfactants are amphiphilic surface-active molecules that are produced by a variety of
microorganisms including fungi and bacteria. Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Bacillus …

Use of Potential Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) Biofilms for the Control of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 …

NC Gómez, JMP Ramiro, BXV Quecan… - Frontiers in …, 2016‏ - frontiersin.org
Use of probiotic biofilms can be an alternative approach for reducing the formation of
pathogenic biofilms in food industries. The aims of this study were (i) to evaluate the …

[PDF][PDF] Biosurfactants-types, sources and applications

S Vijayakumar, V Saravanan - Res J Microbiol, 2015‏ - gyansanchay.csjmu.ac.in
In recent years, heavy metals pollution is found to be a serious environmental issue and
various technologies are being discovered for their cleanup from environment. The use of …