Microbial biosurfactant compounds are a group of structurally diverse molecules produced by microorganisms, and are mainly categorized according to their chemical structure. The diversity of microbial biosurfactants makes them versatile and means that they offer a range of capabilities, while at the same time being economically sustainable. As such, they have potential applications in environmental processes, as well as in food, biomedicine and other industries. This book discusses innovative approaches and cutting-edge research that utilize the various properties of biosurfactants. Drawing on research from around the globe, it provides an up-to-date review of biosurfactant applications and their importance in fields such as medicine, gene therapy, immunotherapy, antimicrobial bioremediation and agriculture. It also discusses their anti-adhesive properties. The book will appeal to academics and researchers in the field of microbiology, as well as policymakers. It also serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences.
Chapter
1. Application of microbial biosurfactants in the food
industry.
Chapter 2. Microbial biosurfactants for contamination of food
processing.
Chapter
3. Antioxidant Biosurfactants.
Chapter
4.
Classification and production of microbial surfactants.
Chapter 5. Microbial
biosurfactants and their potential applications: an overview.
Chapter
6. Biodegradation of hydrophobic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Chapter
7. Surfactin -a biosurfactant against breast cancer.
Chapter 8. Anti-cancer
biosurfactants.
Chapter 9. Biosurfactant for oil-pollution remediation.-
Chapter 10. Potential Applications of Anti-adhesive Biosurfactants.
Chapter
11. Applications of bio-surfactant for microbial bioenergy/value-added
bio-metabolite recovery from waste activated sludge.
Chapter 12. Application
of microbial biosurfactants in the pharmaceutical industry.
Chapter
13. Antibacterial Biosurfactants.
Chapter 14. Microbial biosurfactants
ascleaning and washing agents.
Dr Inamuddin is an Assistant Professor at the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr Mohd Imran Ahamed is a Research Associate at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Dr Ram Prasad is a Research Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
