Biosurfactants : production and utilization--processes, technologies, and economics / / edited by Naim Kosaric, University of Western Ontario, Fazilet Vardar-Sukan, Ege University

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910800188303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-429-16956-6; 1-5231-2049-5; 1-4665-9670-8
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Collana: Surfactant Science ; ; Volume 159
• Classificazione: SCI010000SCI013050SCI045000
• Disciplina: 668.14
• Soggetti: Biosurfactants
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Types and Classification of Microbial Surfactants; Chapter 2: Sophorolipids : Microbial Synthesis and Application; Chapter 3: Biosurfactants versus Chemically Synthesized Surface-Active Agents; Chapter 4: Biosurfactants Produced by Genetically Manipulated Microorganisms : Challenges and Opportunities; Chapter 5: Production of Biosurfactants from Nonpathogenic Bacteria; Chapter 6: The Prospects for the Production of Rhamnolipids on Renewable Resources : Evaluation of Novel Feedstocks and Perspectives of Strain Engineering; Chapter 7: Utilization of Palm Sludge for Biosurfactant ProductionChapter 8: Bioreactors for the Production of Biosurfactants; Chapter 9: Purification of Biosurfactants; Chapter 10: Cost Analysis of Biosurfactant Production from a Scientist's Perspective; Chapter 11: Patents on Biosurfactants and Future Trends; Chapter 12: Industrial Applications of Biosurfactants; Chapter 13: Biological Applications of Biosurfactants and Strategies to Potentiate Commercial Production; Chapter 14: Perspectives on Using Biosurfactants in Food Industry; Chapter 15: Biosurfactant Applications in Agriculture; Chapter 16: Biosurfactants and Soil BioremediationChapter 17: Biosurfactant Use in Heavy Metal Removal from Industrial Effluents and ; Contaminated Sites; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Biosurfactants can successfully replace and augment the properties of chemically synthesized surface-active agents. This book contains specialty chapters dealing with methods for production of biosurfactants on a laboratory and industrial/commercial scale. It presents novel and proven applications of biosurfactants. The new edition is aimed at actual production and applications of biosurfactants in modern biotechnology, reflecting the advances made since the publication of the first edition. A special chapter is devoted to the overview and evaluation of specific selected patents relating to biosurfactants--