Microbial production of rhamnolipids: opportunities, challenges and strategies

Abstract Rhamnolipids are a class of biosurfactants which contain rhamnose as the sugar moiety linked to β-hydroxylated fatty acid chains. Rhamnolipids can be widely applied in many industries including petroleum, food, agriculture and bioremediation etc. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is still the most com...

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Main Authors: Huiqing Chong, Qingxin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-017-0753-2