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Rhamnolipids - next generation surfactants?

Müller, Markus M. 1; Kügler, Johannes H. 1; Henkel, Marius 1; Gerlitzki, Melanie 1; Hörmann, Barbara 1; Pöhnlein, Martin 1; Syldatk, Christoph 1; Hausmann, Rudolf
1 Institut für Bio- und Lebensmitteltechnik (BLT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

The demand for bio-based processes and materials in the petrochemical industry has significantly increased during the last decade because of the expected running out of petroleum. This trend can be ascribed to three main causes: (1) the increased use of renewable resources for chemical synthesis of already established product classes, (2) the replacement of chemical synthesis of already established product classes by new biotechnological processes based on renewable resources, and (3) the biotechnological production of new molecules with new features or better performances than already established comparable chemically synthesized products. All three approaches are currently being pursued for surfactant production. Biosurfactants are a very promising and interesting substance class because they are based on renewable resources, sustainable, and biologically degradable. Alkyl polyglycosides are chemically synthesized biosurfactants established on the surfactant market. The first microbiological biosurfactants on the market were sophorolipids. Of all currently known biosurfactants, rhamnolipids have the highest potential for becoming the next generation of biosurfactants introduced on the market. ... mehr


Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.05.022
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Bio- und Lebensmitteltechnik (BLT)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2012
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 0168-1656
KITopen-ID: 1000049405
Erschienen in Journal of Biotechnology
Verlag Elsevier
Band 162
Heft 4
Seiten 366-380
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