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ReviewWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2015

Microbial derived surface active compounds: properties and screening concept.

Inès Mnif, Dhouha Ghribi

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Review in World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  4. Pharmaceutics · 2023
    Review
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  6. Screening Strategies for Biosurfactant Discovery.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2022
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  14. Potential application ofEngineering in life sciences · 2018
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  15. Biosurfactants: Multifunctional Biomolecules of the 21st Century.International journal of molecular sciences · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Inès MnifHigher Institute of Biotechnology, Sfax, Tunisia, inesmnif2011@gmail.com.
Dhouha Ghribi

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biosurfactants are surface-active biomolecules that are produced by a variety of microorganisms. They have gained biotechnologist interest for high diversity and their efficient action in comparison to synthetic emulsifiers. So, we discussed a wide array of screening method based on direct and indirect surface and interfacial tension measurements. Also, this review describes biosurfactant physicochemical properties and natural role in the environment. Also, it presents their tolerance to extreme conditions of temperature, pH and ionic strength, low toxicity and biodegradability. Functional properties like emulsification, foaming, solubilizing and membrane permeabilizing activities were also discussed along with their related application.

Indexed as

BacteriaBiological ProductsBiotechnologyFungiHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationSurface-Active AgentsSurface PropertiesTemperatureBiological ProductsSurface-Active Agents

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Registered trials

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