Recent advances in the environmental applications of biosurfactants

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 372-378

  Mulligan, Catherine N ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Heavy metals; Organic contaminants; Rhamnolipids; Soil; Surfactin; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIO-SURFACTANTS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; NANO-PARTICLE PRODUCTION; NEW APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; RHAMNOLIPIDS; SURFACTIN;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; METAL RECOVERY; SOILS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOSURFACTANT; NANOPARTICLE; RHAMNOLIPID; SAPONIN; SURFACTIN;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 68749119671     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2009.06.005     Document Type: Review

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