Description
Biosurfactants are the surface-active biomolecules produced by a wide range of microorganisms. The enormous diversity of biosurfactants make them an interesting group of molecules. Biosurfactants, are less toxic, eco-friendly and possess amphiphatic structure. Due to these and many other useful properties, biosurfactants play a significant role in oil recovery, waste utilization and bioremediation of industrial effluents; hydrocarbons, pesticides and toxic heavy metals and many other hazardous substances.
Biosurfactants offer numerous advantages over chemical surfactants. They are environmentally friendly, can be produced from natural sources, less toxic, possess high specificity, have better foaming and emulsifying properties and survive extreme conditions such as high temperatures, extreme pH and salinity. They are cheaper as they can be produced from industrial waste and from by-products as opposed to chemical surfactants.
This volume comprises concepts, classification, production and applications of biosurfactants in oil recovery, environment and clean up, etc. It is an excellent literature on fermentation, recovery, genomics and metagenomics of biosurfactant production. It is presented in an easy-to-understand manner, with well-illustrated diagrams, protocols, figures, and recent data on the production, formulation and commercialization and other aspects of biosurfactants. As such, the book will be useful for students, researchers, teachers, and entrepreneurs in the area of PGPR and its allied fields.
Table of Contents
1. Efficient Substrates for Microbial Synthesis of Biosurfactants
P Saranraj, R Z Sayyed, Karrar Jasim Hamzah, Neethu Asokan, P Sivasakthivelan and Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha
2. Microbial Biosurfactants: Methods of Investigation, Characterization, Current Market Value and Applications
P Saranraj, R Z Sayyed, P Sivasakthivelan, Mustafa Salah Hasan, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al-Tawaha and K Amala
3. Molecular Approaches Towards the Synthesis of Biosurfactants
Vidya Kothari and Arpana Jobanputra
4. Delving through Quorum Sensing and CRISPRi Strategies for Enhanced Surfactin Production
Shireen Adeeb Mujtaba Ali, R Z Sayyed, M S Reddy, Hesham El Enshasy and Bee Hameeda
5. Applications and Future Prospects of Biosurfactants
Anita V Handore, Sharad R Khandelwal, Rajib Karmakar, Divya L Gupta and Vinita S Jagtap
6. Biosurfactants: The Ecofriendly Biomolecules of the Upcoming Era
Anita V Handore, Sharad R Khandelwal, Rajib Karmakar, Divya L Gupta and Dilip V Handore
7. Biosurfactant as an Antimicrobial and Biodegradable Agent: A Review
Veena Kumari
8. Biosurfactant Mediated Synthesis and Stabilization of Nanoparticles
Muhammad Bilal Sadiq, Muhammad Rehan Khan and R Z Sayyed
9. Biosurfactants: A Sustainable Approach Towards Environmental Clean-up
Shagufta Siddiqui, Rajendrasinh Jadeja and Zeba Usmani
10. Cyanobacterial Biosurfactants in the Bioremediation of Oil Industries Effluents
Krishnakant Das, Sushrirekha Das, Manas Kumar Sinha, Manorama Das, Mahidhar Bolem and Nityasundar Pal
11. Microbial Biosurfactants: An Eco-friendly Approach for Bioremediation of Contaminated Environments
Shah Ishfaq, Basharat Hamid, Muzafar Zaman, Sabah Fatima, Shabeena Farooq, Rahul Datta, Subhan Danish, Noshin Ilyas and R Z Sayyed
12. Rhamnolipids (RLs): Green Solution for Global Hydrocarbon Pollution
Anushka Devale, Rupali Sawant, Karishma Pardesi, Surekha Satpute and Shilpa Mujumdar
13. Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHC) using Biosurfactants
Veeranna Channashettar, Shaili Srivastava, Banwari Lal, Anoop Singh and Dheeraj Rathore
14. Biosurfactants: Current Trends and Applications
Nisha Dutta and Akansha Bhatnagar
