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Antibiotics, 2022 Hand hygiene is considered to be the key factor in controlling and preventing infection, either in hospital care settings or in the community. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are commonly used due to their rapid action and broad spectrum of microbicidal ...
Alaa M. Ali +6 more
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In silico engineering of Pseudomonas metabolism reveals new biomarkers for increased biosurfactant production [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Rhamnolipids, biosurfactants with a wide range of biomedical applications, are amphiphilic molecules produced on the surfaces of or excreted extracellularly by bacteria including Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Annalisa Occhipinti +4 more
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Oxygen effects on rhamnolipids production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Microbial Cell Factories, 2018 Background Rhamnolipids are the most extensively studied biosurfactants and has been successfully used in various areas from bioremediation to industrial fields. Rhamnolipids structural composition decide their physicochemical properties.
Feng Zhao +4 more
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AMB Express, 2020 Rhamnolipids are important biosurfactants for application in bioremediation, enhanced oil recovery, pharmaceutical, and detergent industry. In this study, rhamnolipids extracted from P. aeruginosa P6 were characterized to determine their potential fields
Ghadir S. El-Housseiny +3 more
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Exploring the metabolic network of the epidemic pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 via genome-scale reconstruction [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Burkholderia cenocepacia is a threatening nosocomial epidemic pathogen in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) or a compromised immune system. Its high level of antibiotic resistance is an increasing concern in treatments against its infection.
Fang, K. +9 more
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Maintenance of Microbial Cooperation Mediated by Public Goods in Single- and Multiple-Trait Scenarios [PDF]
, 2017 Microbes often form densely populated communities, which favor competitive and cooperative interactions. Cooperation among bacteria often occurs through the production of metabolically costly molecules produced by certain individuals that become ...
Balbontín, Roberto +3 more
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Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2020 Background Rhamnolipids are the best known microbial-derived biosurfactants, which has attracted great interest as potential ‘‘green” alternative for synthetic surfactants.
Ning Xu +9 more
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Physicochemical characterization and antimicrobial properties of rhamnolipids produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 47T2 NCBIM 40044 [PDF]
, 2003 7 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables.-- PMID: 12474254 [PubMed].-- Available online Dec 3, 2002.Pseudomonas aeruginosa 47T2, grown in submerged culture with waste frying oil as a carbon source, produced a mixture of rhamnolipids with surface activity.
Espuny, M. J. +5 more
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Microbial production of rhamnolipids: opportunities, challenges and strategies
Microbial Cell Factories, 2017 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 ...
Huiqing Chong, Qingxin Li
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Molecules, 2020 This study investigated the solubilization capabilities of rhamnolipids biosurfactant and synthetic surfactant mixtures for the application of a mixed surfactant in surfactant-enhanced remediation.
Jianfei Liu, Yuru Wang, Huifang Li
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