Providing comprehensive, up-to-the minute discussions of all aspects that relate to the physical and chemical properties, manufacture, and industrial uses of biosurfactants, this important new reference offers first-hand accounts of biosurfactant research from leading biotechnology laboratories.
It also introduces promising possible uses of biosurfactants in medicine, in environmental control, and for marine organisms! Illustrating a wide range of applications for various industries and supplying a comprehensive overview of production,this text - reviews the biosynthetic mechanisms for surfactants and their precursor molecules; examines immobilized biocatalyst, lipopeptide, and rhamnolipid production; highlights glycolipid biosynthesis; explicates genetic engineering of surface-active compounds and the biophysics of microbial surfactants; evaluates biological activities and microbial lipopolysaccharides; assesses the application of biosurfactants in environmental control; focuses on pulmonary surfactants; furnishes information on the economics of biosurfactants as a key to industrial applications. With the authoritative contributions of more than 30 leading international experts and containing more than 1430 literature citations, tables and figures,this book provides a resource for physical, surface, and colloid chemists; petrochemical, chemical, biochemical, petroleum, and pollution control engineers; pharmacologists; cosmetic scientists; food scientists; microbiologists; biotechnologists; and graduate-level and continuing education students in these disciplines.
Edited by:
Naim Kosaric,
Fazilet Vardar Sukan
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 159
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 29mm
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9780824788117
ISBN 10: 0824788117
Pages: 500
Publication Date: 17 February 1993
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part 1 Production: Biosynthetic Mechanisms of Low Molecular Weight Surfactants and Their Precursor Molecules, Rolf K. Hommel and Colin Ratledge; Production of Biosurfactants, Jitendra D. Desai and Anjana J. Desai; Prospects and Limits for the Production of Biosurfactants Using Immobilized Biocatalysts, Martin Siemann and Fritz Wagner; Lipopeptide Production by Bacillus licheniformis, Katharina Jenny, V. Deltrieu, and 0. Kappeli; Integrated Process for Continuous Rhamnolipid Biosynthesis, Thomas Gruber et al; Production, Properties, and Practical Applications of Fungal Polysaccharides, Walter Steiner, Dietmar Haltrich, and Robert M. Lafferty; Bioconversion of Oils and Sugars to Glycolipids, Siegmund Lang and Fritz Wagner; Part 2 Properties: Genetics of Surface-Active Compounds, Jakob Reiser et al; Biological Activities of Biosurfactants, Siegmund Lang and Fritz Wagner; The Biophysics of Microbial Surfactants: Growth on Insoluble Substrates, Donald F Gerson; Surface Properties and Function of Alveolar and Airway Surfactant, Samuel Schurch, Marianne Geiser, and Peter Gehr; Microbial Lipopolysaccharides, Lina Cloutier and Naim Kosaric; Part 3 Applications: Factors Influencing the Economics of Biosurfactants, Catherine N. Mulligan and Bernard F Gibbs; Biosurfactants for Cosmetics; Vaclav Klekner and Naim Kosaric; Biosurfactants from Marine Microorganisms, Siegmund Lang and Fritz Wagner; Biosurfactants in Food Applications, Joran Velikonja and Naim Kosaric; Biosurfactants for Environmental Control, Reinhard Muller-Hurtig et al.;
Reviews for Biosurfactants: Production: Properties: Applications
. . .very well presented and organized. The information presented is up-to-date. ---Inform . . .The book is very informative and it will serve the interest of chemists, chemical engineers & microbiologists working in biotechnology. ---Bulletin of Electrochemistry