Biosurfactant production by fungi as a sustainable alternative

ABSTRACT: A wide variety of bacteria is far more exploited than fungi as biosurfactants (BS) or bioemulsifiers (BE), using renewable sources. BS are considered to be environmentally safe and offer advantages over synthetic surfactants. However, the BS yield depends largely on the metabolic pathways...

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Main Authors: Artemisia Carla Santos da Silva, Patrícia Nunes dos Santos, Thayse Alves Lima e Silva, Rosileide Fontenele Silva Andrade, Galba Maria Campos-Takaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Biológico 2018-09-01
Series:Arquivos do Instituto Biológico
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-16572018000100602&lng=en&tlng=en