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ReviewFrontiers in chemistry2024

Sustainable biosurfactant production from secondary feedstock-recent advances, process optimization and perspectives.

Yahui Miao, Ming Ho To, Muhammad Ahmar Siddiqui, Huaimin Wang, Sofie Lodens, Shauhrat S Chopra, Guneet Kaur, Sophie L K W Roelants, Carol Sze Ki Lin

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Review in Frontiers in chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Biotechnological Potential of RhizosphericInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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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

9 authors.

Yahui Miao *School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China.
Ming Ho To *School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China.
Muhammad Ahmar SiddiquiSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China.
Huaimin WangMcKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States.
Sofie LodensBio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Ghent, Belgium.
Shauhrat S ChopraSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China.
Guneet KaurSchool of Engineering, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Sophie L K W RoelantsBio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Ghent, Belgium.
Carol Sze Ki LinSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biosurfactants have garnered increased attention lately due to their superiority of their properties over fossil-derived counterparts. While the cost of production remains a significant hurdle to surpass synthetic surfactants, biosurfactants have been anticipated to gain a larger market share in the coming decades. Among these, glycolipids, a type of low-molecular-weight biosurfactant, stand out for their efficacy in reducing surface and interfacial tension, which made them highly sought-after for various surfactant-related applications. Glycolipids are composed of hydrophilic carbohydrate moieties linked to hydrophobic fatty acid chains through ester bonds that mainly include rhamnolipids, trehalose lipids, sophorolipids, and mannosylerythritol lipids. This review highlights the current landscape of glycolipids and covers specific glycolipid productivity and the diverse range of products found in the global market. Applications such as bioremediation, food processing, petroleum refining, biomedical uses, and increasing agriculture output have been discussed. Additionally, the latest advancements in production cost reduction for glycolipid and the challenges of utilizing second-generation feedstocks for sustainable production are also thoroughly examined. Overall, this review proposes a balance between environmental advantages, economic viability, and societal benefits through the optimized integration of secondary feedstocks in biosurfactant production.

Indexed as

biorefinerybiosurfactantglycolipidsecondary feedstocksustainabilityvalorization

Identifiers

PMID38312346
PMCPMC10834756

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