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Biosurfactants, tensio-active compounds produced by living cells, are now gaining an increasing interest due to their potential applications in many different industrial areas, where so far almost exclusively synthetic surfactant have been used. There unique structures and characteristics are just starting to be appreciated. In addition, biosurfactans are considered to be environmentally friendly , relatively non-toxic and biodegradable.§This Microbiology Monographs volume deals with the most recent advances in the field of microbial biosurfactants. These include chapters on rhamnolipids, serrawettins, trehalolipids, mannosylerythritol lipids, sophorolipids, surfactin and other lipopeptides. Aspects such as their physicochemical properties, their different chemical structures, their role in the physiology of the microbe that produced them, the biosynthetic pathway for their production, the genetic regulation, and their potential biotechnological applications are treated.
