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ReviewAdvances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology2022

Process Development in Biosurfactant Production.

Robert W M Pott, Janis Von Johannides

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Review in Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert W M PottDepartment of Process Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Rpott@sun.ac.za.
Janis Von JohannidesDepartment of Process Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Stellenbosch University · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biosurfactants encompass a number of structurally and chemically diverse compounds, all of which demonstrate surface active properties. The potential and current application of these compounds ranges from enhanced oil recovery, through detergents, emulsifiers in foods, antifungal agents, antibiotics, and even to uses in the minerals processing industry. And while the market demand for these products is growing, the industry still is significantly smaller than the synthetic surfactants market. Part of the reason for this is that biosurfactants are currently comparatively expensive to produce. This article reviews the process consideration steps required to develop a biosurfactant bioprocess (organism selection and modification, reactor type and operation, media, downstream processing, and final use) and considers the state of the art of each process step, with an eye to considering the overall process development, and establishment of both technically and economically viable routes to production.

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IndustrySurface-Active AgentsSurface-Active AgentsBioreactor choiceBiosurfactantsIndustry reviewProcess choiceProcess development

Identifiers

PMID35246695
OpenAlexW4214822638

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