The aim of this book is to highlight key aspects from basics to advanced concepts, classifications, production and applications in various fields such as agriculture, health, bioremediation, industries, pharmaceutical, oil recovery, environment, nanotechnology.
R.Z. Sayyed is Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology at PSGVP Mandal's Arts, Science & Commerce College, Shahada (KBC North Maharshtra University, Jalgaon), India. He is the President of the Indian Chapter of Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture.
Hesham Ali El-Enshasy is Professor in Bioprocess Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, and Director for the Institute of Bioproducts Development, University Technology Malaysia (UTM). He is also the Co-Chair for Food, Pharmaceutical & Bio-Engineering Division, Division (Food), American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE).
Bee Hameeda is Assistant Professor in Microbiology, University College of Science, Osmania University (OU), Hyderabad, India. She has been Visiting Scientist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
1. Microbial Surfactants: An Overview 2. Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants: Structure, Biosynthesis, Production, and Applications 3. Lipopeptides Biosurfactants: Production, and Applications in Bioremediation and Health 4. Recent Developments in Biomedical and Therapeutic Application of Biosurfactants 5. Biosurfactants: Fermentation, Recovery, and Formulation - Process and Constraints 6. Biosurfactant from the Marine Microorganisms: Potentials and Future Prospects 7. Mannoprotein: A Biosurfactant Produced by Yeast 8. Biomedical Application of Biosurfactants 9. Challenges and Potential Applications of Plant and Microbial-Based Biosurfactants in Cosmetic Formulations 10. Yeast Biosurfactants: Biosynthesis, Production and Application 11. Insights into Production and Applications of Microbial Lipopeptides 12. Microbial Biosurfactants: Sources, Classification, Properties and Mechanism of Interaction 13. Promising Strategies for Economical Production of Biosurfactants: The Green Molecules 14. Biosurfactant Mediated Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Applications