biosurfactant

Examples of biosurfactant in the following topics:

• Aerobic Hydrocarbon Oxidation

  • Other applications of biosurfactants include herbicides and pesticides formulations, detergents, healthcare and cosmetics, pulp and paper, coal, textiles, ceramic processing and food industries, uranium ore-processing, and mechanical dewatering of peat.
  • Biosurfactants are surface-active substances synthesized by living cells.
  • Biosurfactants enhance the emulsification of hydrocarbons, have the potential to solubilize hydrocarbon contaminants, and increase their availability for microbial degradation.
  • Therefore, biosurfactant-producing microorganisms may play an important role in the accelerated bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated sites.
  • In some bacterial species such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, biosurfactants are also involved in a group motility behavior called swarming motility.

• Petroleum Biodegradation

  • It also possesses genes to direct the production of a layer of biosurfactant around the cell to enhance the oil emulsification.