Production of biosurfactants from agro-industrial waste and waste cooking oil in a circular bioeconomy: An overview

VK Gaur, P Sharma, R Sirohi, S Varjani… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Waste generation is becoming a global concern owing to its adverse effects on environment
and human health. The utilization of waste as a feedstock for production of value-added …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of bioelectrokinetic and bioelectrochemical remediation of petroleum-contaminated soils

J Lan, F Wen, Y Ren, G Liu, Y Jiang, Z Wang… - Environmental science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global problem of petroleum contamination in soils seriously threatens environmental
safety and human health. Current studies have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of …

Technological and economic analysis of electrokinetic remediation of contaminated soil: A global perspective and its application in Indian scenario

J Akansha, S Thakur, MS Chaithanya, BS Gupta, S Das… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Globally million hectares of land annually is getting contaminated by heavy metalloids like
As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn, and Se, with current concentrations in soil above geo …

Sustainable production of biosurfactants via valorisation of industrial wastes as alternate feedstocks

PS Kumar, G Mohanakrishna, RV Hemavathy… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, the rapid increase in the human population has given rise to a variety of industries,
which have produced a variety of wastes. Due to their detrimental effects on both human and …

Characterization of bacterial community in oil-contaminated soil and its biodegradation efficiency of high molecular weight (> C40) hydrocarbon

B Muthukumar, P Parthipan, MS AlSalhi, NS Prabhu… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, two biosurfactant producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa sp. were isolated from
motor oil contaminated soil for crude oil, alkane and PAH degradation studies …

Crude oil biodegradation potential of biosurfactant-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Meyerozyma sp.

R Rehman, MI Ali, N Ali, M Badshah, M Iqbal… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the potential of crude oil degrading capabilities of biosurfactant-
producing strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MF069166 and Meyerozyma sp. MF138126 …

A review of the role of biosurfactants in the biodegradation of hydrophobic organopollutants: production, mode of action, biosynthesis and applications

C Sánchez - World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2022 - Springer
The increasing influence of human activity and industrialization has adversely impacted the
environment via pollution with organic contaminants, which are minimally soluble in water …

Mechanism of bio-electrokinetic remediation of pyrene contaminated soil: Effects of an electric field on the degradation pathway and microbial metabolic processes

R Fan, H Tian, Q Wu, Y Yi, X Yan, B Liu - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the mechanism of bio-electrokinetic (BIO-EK) remediation to improve the
degradation of pyrene was evaluated based on an analysis of the intermediate products and …

Development and genetic engineering of hyper-producing microbial strains for improved synthesis of biosurfactants

AA Jimoh, TY Senbadejo, R Adeleke, J Lin - Molecular Biotechnology, 2021 - Springer
Current research energies are fixated on the synthesis of environmentally friendly and non-
hazardous products, which include finding and recognizing biosurfactants that can substitute …

Catabolic enzyme activities during biodegradation of three-ring PAHs by novel DTU-1Y and DTU-7P strains isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil

Sakshi, SK Singh, AK Haritash - Archives of Microbiology, 2021 - Springer
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous pollutants having health hazards.
PAH-utilizing bacterial strains were isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil from siding …