Applications of biosurfactants in the petroleum industry and the remediation of oil spills

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 12523-12542

  Silva, Rita de Cássia F S ^a,b   Almeida, Darne G ^a,b   Rufino, Raquel D ^b,c   Luna, Juliana M ^b,c   Santos, Valdemir A ^b,c   Sarubbo, Leonie Asfora ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Center for Management of Technology and Innovation CGTI   (Brazil)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Industrial wastes; Patents; Surface tension; Sustainable technologies

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; EMULSIFYING AGENT; FATTY ACID; GLYCOLIPID; LIPOPEPTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; RHAMNOLIPID; VEGETABLE OIL; SURFACTANT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AGRO INDUSTRIAL WASTE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLEANING; DETOXIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FOOD CHAIN; GAS EXCHANGE; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; LACTOBACILLUS PENTOSUS; LC 50; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUTAGEN TESTING; NONHUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIPELINE; POLLUTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVIEW; TOXICITY; VISCOSITY; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; FUNGUS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FUNGI; LIPID METABOLISM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84904438233     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms150712523     Document Type: Review

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