title: Bioemulsans: microbial polymeric emulsifiers.
abstract: Bioemulsans are amphipathic proteins and/or polysaccharides that stabilize oil-in-water emulsions. Bioemulsans are produced by a wide diversity of microorganisms and have potential applications in the food, paper, paint, bioremediation, agriculture, detergent and cosmetics industries. The production of the RAG-1 emulsan has been studied in batch-fed fermentors via self-cycling fermentation and with immobilized cells using a Celite support matrix. Bioemulsans have several advantages over lower molecular weight emulsifiers presently used in industry. The last few years have seen a number of new bioemulsans described with commercial applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel. eugene@ccsg.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: E Z
authors.initials: EZ
authors.lastname: Ron
mesh_terms: D001395:Azotobacter / Q000378:metabolism; D001709:Biotechnology; D005079:Excipients / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005285:Fermentation; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D005079:Excipients; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C036028:emulsan