Biosurfactants: A sustainable replacement for chemical surfactants?

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1597-1605

  Marchant, Roger ^a   Banat, Ibrahim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cleaning products; Glycolipid biosurfactants; Mannosylerythritol lipids; Oil spills; Rhamnolipids; Sophorolipids; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CLEANING PRODUCTS; GLYCOLIPID BIOSURFACTANTS; MANNOSYLERYTHRITOL LIPID; RHAMNOLIPIDS; SOPHOROLIPIDS; WOUND HEALING;

BIOFILMS; BIOMOLECULES; LIPIDS; OIL SPILLS; SOAPS (DETERGENTS);

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GLYCOLIPID; SURFACTANT;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GLYCOLIPIDS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865705390     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-0956-x     Document Type: Review

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