Biosurfactants
Research and Development
- 1st Edition - January 6, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Gloria Soberon-Chavez
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 6 9 7 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 5 6 1 - 1
Biosurfactants: Research and Development provides a thorough overview of biosurfactant research and development across a range of settings and industries, highlighting the novel… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBiosurfactants: Research and Development provides a thorough overview of biosurfactant research and development across a range of settings and industries, highlighting the novel use of enzymes, metabolic and genetic engineering in biosurfactant production and showcasing diverse experimental models and approaches. Sections discuss fundamental characteristics of biosurfactants, their physio-chemical properties, and their differences from chemically synthesize surfactants, different research approaches for the study of known biosurfactants, and the genetic manipulation of microorganisms to increase biosurfactant productivity, or to produce molecules with improved characteristics.
Throughout the book, methods and approaches are discussed in easy-to-digest formats, with methods discussed, ranging from in silico approaches to classical biocatalysis omics analysis and metabolic engineering.
- Provides a through overview of biosurfactant enzymes and microorganisms used in biosurfactant production
- Features instruction in a wide range of research and development approaches, ranging from in silico techniques to classical biocatalysis omics analysis and metabolic engineering
- Features chapter contributions from international leaders in the field
Researchers (in university and industrial settings) in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemical Biology, Enzymatic Catalysis, Biomaterials, Drug Discovery, Genetics, and Microbiology; Students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section I: Introduction
- Chapter 1: Microbial bio-based amphiphiles (biosurfactants): General aspects on critical micelle concentration, surface tension, and phase behavior
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biosurfactants in solution
- References
- Chapter 2: New insights in biosurfactants research
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Novel and traditional BS and their producers revisited
- 3: Biocatalysis, chemical, and genetic engineering strategies in BS research
- 4: Novel applications of BS
- 5: Concluding remarks
- References
- Section II: Novel approaches for the production and use of biosurfactants
- Chapter 3: Bioinspired glycolipids: Metals interactions and aqueous-source metal recovery technologies
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Glycolipids
- 3: Complexation of metals by rhamnolipid
- 4: Glycolipid-based mining of metals from aqueous sources
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4: Rhamnolipids—Has the promise come true?
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Rhamnolipids prospects in retrospect view
- 3: Rhamnolipid bioproduction
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5: Biosurfactants as food additives: New trends and applications
- Abstract
- 1: Biosurfactants in food formulation
- 2: Use of BS in food processing
- 3: Nanotechnology, food, and BS
- 4: BS in food nanotechnology
- 5: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 6: Novel approaches in the use of biosurfactants in the oil industry and environmental remediation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of biosurfactants
- 3: Marine biosurfactant-producing bacteria
- 4: Current exploitation of biosurfactants in the oil industry
- 5: Recent trends in the development of bio-based dispersants to combat marine oils spills
- 6: Conclusion and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 7: Biosurfactants produced from corn steep liquor and other nonconventional sources: Their application in different industries
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Use of naturally produced biosurfactants from CSL in different industries
- 3: Use of other nonconventional sources to produce biosurfactants
- 4: Concluding remarks
- References
- Section III: Genetic manipulation and the production of novel biosurfactants
- Chapter 8: Metabolic and process engineering on the edge—Rhamnolipids are a true challenge: A review
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Design of an optimal expression cassette
- 3: Development of an enhanced chassis cell
- 4: Fermentation of P. putida for production of RL
- 5: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 9: Improved production of novel (bola) glycolipid biosurfactants with the yeast Starmerella bombicola through an integrative approach combining genetic engineering and multiomics analyses
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Diversifying and boosting glycolipid production with S. bombicola
- 3: Application of integrated -omics strategies for improved glycolipid biosynthesis with S. bombicola
- 4: Omics development in microbial fermentations and future perspectives
- Acknowledgments and funding
- References
- Chapter 10: Increasing the natural biodiversity of microbial lipopeptides using a synthetic biology approach
- Abstract
- 1: High natural biodiversity of lipopeptides
- 2: Production of novel lipopeptides
- 3: Improving the homologous production of lipopeptides
- 4: Heterologous production
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Section IV: Use of alternative strategies for biosurfactants production
- Chapter 11: Synthetic approaches to production of rhamnolipid and related glycolipids
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Rhamnolipids—Biosynthetic versus chemically synthesized
- 3: Chemical synthesis of rhamnolipids
- 4: Commercialization of glycolipid synthesis
- 5: Performance of synthetic glycolipids
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12: The use of biocatalysis for biosurfactant production
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Glycosyl hydrolases and/or glycosyl transferases
- 3: Lipases
- 4: Proteases
- 5: Factors affecting the enzymatic production of biosurfactants
- 6: Conclusions
- References
- Section V: Concluding remarks
- Chapter 13: Challenges and prospects for microbial biosurfactant research
- Abstract
- 1: Biosurfactants represent much more than environmental-friendly alternatives for chemical surfactants
- 2: Synthetic biology and omics approaches in biosurfactants research
- 3: Novel approaches for the sustainable production of biosurfactants
- 4: Bioinspired surfactants
- 5: Concluding remarks
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 6, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 334
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323916974
- eBook ISBN: 9780323985611
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Gloria Soberon-Chavez
Gloria Soberón-Chávez is a Professor and Senior Researcher at the Biomedical Research Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. She obtained her PhD in 1986 from UNAM Basic Biomedical Research Program and has been a researcher in this university ever since, working with different bacterial models such as Rhizobium etli, Azotobacter vinelandii and P. aeruginosa among others. Dr. Soberón-Chávez has around ninety publications in peer reviewed scientific journals such as Proceeding of the National Academy Science USA, Trends in Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, BMC-Genomics, and Microbial Biotechnology.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Senior Researcher, Institute of Biomedical Investigation, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, MexicoRead Biosurfactants on ScienceDirect