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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-08-01
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Series: | Microbial Cell Factories |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-017-0753-2 |