A review on biosurfactants: properties, applications and current developments

AR Markande, D Patel, S Varjani - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial surfactants are a large number of amphipathic biomolecules with a myriad of
biomolecule constituents from various microbial sources that have been studied for their …

Bacterial biofilm and associated infections

M Jamal, W Ahmad, S Andleeb, F Jalil… - Journal of the chinese …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Microscopic entities, microorganisms that drastically affect human health need to be
thoroughly investigated. A biofilm is an architectural colony of microorganisms, within a …

Biofilm formation to inhibition: Role of zinc oxide-based nanoparticles

PP Mahamuni-Badiger, PM Patil, MV Badiger… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide nanoparticles have received much attention worldwide as they possess unique
properties like varied morphology, large surface area to volume ratio, potent antibacterial …

Biofilm, pathogenesis and prevention—a journey to break the wall: a review

P Gupta, S Sarkar, B Das, S Bhattacharjee… - Archives of …, 2016 - Springer
Biofilms contain group (s) of microorganisms that are found to be associated with the biotic
and abiotic surfaces. Biofilms contain either homogenous or heterogeneous populations of …

Biosurfactants, bioemulsifiers and exopolysaccharides from marine microorganisms

SK Satpute, IM Banat, PK Dhakephalkar… - Biotechnology …, 2010 - Elsevier
Marine biosphere offers wealthy flora and fauna, which represents a vast natural resource of
imperative functional commercial grade products. Among the various bioactive compounds …

Methods for investigating biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers: a review

SK Satpute, AG Banpurkar… - Critical reviews in …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Microorganisms produce biosurfactant (BS)/bioemulsifier (BE) with wide structural and
functional diversity which consequently results in the adoption of different techniques to …

Biofilm: Importance and applications

CR Kokare, S Chakraborty, AN Khopade, KR Mahadik - 2009 - nopr.niscpr.res.in
Biofilm is an assemblage of the microbial cells that is irreversibly associated with a surface
and usually enclosed in a matrix of polysaccharide material. Biofilm is composed primarily of …

Assessment of different screening methods for selecting biosurfactant producing marine bacteria

SK Satpute, BD Bhawsar, PK Dhakephalkar… - 2008 - nopr.niscpr.res.in
Different screening methods namely, hemolytic assay (HA), modified drop collapse (MDC),
tilted glass slide (TGST), oil spread method (OSM), blue agar plate (BAP), hydrocarbon …

Optimization and characterization of a new lipopeptide biosurfactant produced by marine Brevibacterium aureum MSA13 in solid state culture

GS Kiran, TA Thomas, J Selvin, B Sabarathnam… - Bioresource …, 2010 - Elsevier
The biosurfactant production of a marine actinobacterium Brevibacterium aureum MSA13
was optimized using industrial and agro-industrial solid waste residues as substrates in …

Production and stability studies of the biosurfactant isolated from marine Nocardiopsis sp. B4

A Khopade, R Biao, X Liu, K Mahadik, L Zhang… - Desalination, 2012 - Elsevier
A potential biosurfactant producing strain, marine Nocardiopsis B4 was isolated from the
West coast of India. Culture conditions involving variations in carbon and nitrogen sources …