Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38592628›Full record

ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2025

Assessing the feasibility and sustainability of a surfactin production process: a techno-economic and environmental analysis.

Johnny Alejandro Poveda-Giraldo, Juan Camilo Solarte-Toro, Chantal Treinen, Philipp Noll, Marius Henkel, Rudolf Hausmann, Carlos Ariel Cardona Alzate

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Production of Biosurfactant byInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Article
  2. Microorganisms · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
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

7 authors.

Johnny Alejandro Poveda-GiraldoDepartamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales, Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Km 07 Vía Al Magdalena, Manizales, Colombia.
Juan Camilo Solarte-ToroDepartamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales, Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Km 07 Vía Al Magdalena, Manizales, Colombia.
Chantal TreinenCellular Agriculture, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany.
Philipp NollCellular Agriculture, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany.
Marius HenkelCellular Agriculture, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 4, 85354, Freising, Germany.
Rudolf HausmannInstitute of Food Science and Biotechnology, Department of Bioprocess Engineering (150k), University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr. 12, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany.
Carlos Ariel Cardona AlzateDepartamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Manizales, Instituto de Biotecnología y Agroindustria, Km 07 Vía Al Magdalena, Manizales, Colombia. ccardonaal@unal.edu.co.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4786-3885

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biosurfactants have been profiled as a sustainable replacement for chemical-based surfactants since these bio-based molecules have higher biodegradability. Few research papers have focused on assessing biosurfactant production to elucidate potential bottlenecks. This research aims to assess the techno-economic and environmental performance of surfactin production in a potential scale of 65m

Indexed as

LipopeptidesSurface-Active AgentsFermentationPeptides, CyclicLipopeptidesPeptides, CyclicSurface-Active Agentssurfactin peptideBioprocess engineeringCarbon footprintLife cycle assessmentProcess simulationSurfactinWinter wheat

Identifiers

PMID38592628
PMCPMC12696097

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.