Phase Behaviour, Functionality, and Physicochemical Characteristics of Glycolipid Surfactants of Microbial Origin

Karina Salek; Stephen Robert Euston; Tomasz Janek

doi:10.3389/fbioe.2022.816613

Phase Behaviour, Functionality, and Physicochemical Characteristics of Glycolipid Surfactants of Microbial Origin

Karina Salek, Stephen Robert Euston, Tomasz Janek

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Growing demand for biosurfactants as environmentally friendly counterparts of chemically derived surfactants enhances the extensive search for surface-active compounds of biological (microbial) origin. The understanding of the physicochemical properties of biosurfactants such as surface tension reduction, dispersion, emulsifying, foaming or micelle formation is essential for the successful application of biosurfactants in many branches of industry. Glycolipids, which belong to the class of low molecular weight surfactants are currently gaining a lot of interest for industrial applications. For this reason, we focus mainly on this class of biosurfactants with particular emphasis on rhamnolipids and sophorolipids, the most studied of the glycolipids.

Original language	English
Article number	816613
Number of pages	18
Journal	Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.816613
Publication status	Published - 27 Jan 2022

Keywords

biosurfactants
global use of surfactants
glycolipids
lipopeptides
rhamnolipids
sophorolipids

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biotechnology
Bioengineering
Histology
Biomedical Engineering

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