Environmental Applications of Biosurfactants: Recent Advances

نویسندگان

  • Magdalena Pacwa-Płociniczak
  • Grażyna A. Płaza
  • Zofia Piotrowska-Seget
  • Swaranjit Singh Cameotra
چکیده

Increasing public awareness of environmental pollution influences the search and development of technologies that help in clean up of organic and inorganic contaminants such as hydrocarbons and metals. An alternative and eco-friendly method of remediation technology of environments contaminated with these pollutants is the use of biosurfactants and biosurfactant-producing microorganisms. The diversity of biosurfactants makes them an attractive group of compounds for potential use in a wide variety of industrial and biotechnological applications. The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of advances in the applications of biosurfactants and biosurfactant-producing microorganisms in hydrocarbon and metal remediation technologies.

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دوره 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011