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- Provides a comprehensive overview of the science and technology of biosurfactants
- Discusses current and future opportunities and challenges
- Presents an industrial perspective on microbial biosurfactants
Part of the book series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology (ABE, volume 181)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
The diversity of this class of molecules, which has only been marginally tapped to date, offers only an inkling of their future application potential. However, there are two main obstacles to their widespread commercial use on the growing surfactant market: the lack of attractive and competitive production technologies, and the limited structural diversity of commercially available biosurfactants. Addressing both of these core issues, this book will provide readers with a deeper understanding of the role of biosurfactants, including future opportunities and challenges.
Chapter “Environmental Impacts of Biosurfactants from a Life Cycle Perspective: A Systematic Literature Review” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Rudolf Hausmann, Marius Henkel
About the editors
Rudolf Hausmann is a Professor of Bioprocess Engineering at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart (Germany). His main research topics include microbial surfactants, bioeconomy and bioprocessing. With 10+ years of experience, he also worked as Development Engineer at the Central Process Development Department from Merck KGaA, as a Researcher at the Institute of Biochemical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart (Germany) and as an Assistant Professor and Lecturer in the field of Technical Biology at the Institute of Bio- and Food Technology from the University of Karlsruhe (Germany).
Marius Henkel is a Scientist and Lecturer at the Department of Bioprocess Engineering from the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart (Germany). His current research focuses on microbial surfactants, bioprocess modelling and control, and bioeconomy. He worked previously as a Researcher at the Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences, Section Technical Biology from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, where he did PhD graduation with the dissertation: Layered Modeling and Simulation of Complex Biotechnological Processes - Optimizing Rhamnolipid Production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa during Cultivation in a Bioreactor.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biosurfactants for the Biobased Economy
Editors: Rudolf Hausmann, Marius Henkel
Series Title: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07337-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07336-6Published: 01 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-07339-7Published: 02 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-07337-3Published: 30 June 2022
Series ISSN: 0724-6145
Series E-ISSN: 1616-8542
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 269
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Biotechnology, Green Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry