title: Recent food applications of microbial surfactants.
abstract: Owing to their natural origin and environmental compatibility, interest in microbial surfactants or biosurfactants has gained attention during last few years. These characteristics fulfill the demand of regulatory agencies and society to use more sustained and green chemicals. Microbial-derived surfactants can replace synthetic surfactants in a great variety of industrial applications as detergents, foaming, emulsifiers, solubilizers, and wetting agents. Change in the trend of consumers toward natural from synthetic additives and the increasing health and environmental concerns have created demand for new "green" additives in foods. Apart from their inherent surface-active properties, biosurfactants have shown antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activities against food pathogens; therefore, biosurfactants can be versatile additives or ingredients of food processing. These interesting applications will be discussed in this review.
authors.affiliation: a Depto. Físico-Química , Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos CEP , SP , Brasil.
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6107-4183
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nitschke
authors.affiliation: a Depto. Físico-Química , Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos CEP , SP , Brasil.
authors.forename: Sumária Sousa E
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7901-1316
authors.initials: SSE
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018441:Biofilms / Q000187:drug effects; D045703:Emulsifying Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005516:Food Microbiology / Q000379:methods*; D005519:Food Preservation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D045703:Emulsifying Agents
keywords: Biosurfactants; anti-adhesive; anti-biofilm; antimicrobial; bioemulsifiers; food pathogens