title: Multicomponent biosurfactants--A "Green Toolbox" extension.
abstract: The unflagging interest in the surfactants of biological origin, representing ecological alternatives to their synthetic counterparts, has enhanced R&D effort both to produce their new types and to resolve the bottlenecks of their commercialization. In this context, the rhamnolipids, offering a relatively large scale of potential applications, variety of congeners, low toxicity as well as stability towards the extremes of environment, logically attract attention. In this connection, the current state of knowledge concerning these compound exploitation, biosynthesis control and non-genetic factors affecting both production yield and final rhamnolipid product is surveyed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: vladimir.jirku@vscht.cz.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jirku
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Alena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cejkova
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schreiberova
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jezdik
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Masak
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D006017:Glycolipids; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C418382:rhamnolipid
keywords: Biosurfactants; Multicomponent rhamnolipid biosurfactant; Rhamnolipids