Biosurfactants: Production: Properties: Applications (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780824788117)

Providing comprehensive discussions of the physical and chemical properties, manufacture, and industrial uses of biosurfactants, this reference offers first-hand accounts of biosurfactant research of leading biotechnology laboratories. It introduces promising possible uses of biosurfactants in medicine, in environmental control, and for marine organisms. In contributions of more than 30 leading international experts, the text reviews the biosynthetic mechanisms for surfactants and their precursor molecules; explicates the biophysics of microbial surfactants and examines the production of immobilized biocatalysts, lipopeptides, and rhamnolipids. It also presents information on the economics of biosurfactants.

Author: Naim Kosaric
ISBN-10: 0824788117
ISBN-13: 9780824788117
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 02/17/1993
Pages: 500
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.81lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.24w x 1.15d