Multi-method biophysical analysis in discovery, identification, and in-depth characterization of surface‐active compounds

• DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1023287
• Publication Date: 2022-10-21T08:05:14Z
• Authors: Aikaterini A. Zompra; Styliani A. Chasapi; Matthew S. Twigg; Karina Salek; Ioannis Anestopoulos; Alex Galanis; Aglaia Pappa; Tony Gutierrez; Ibrahim M. Banat; Roger Marchant; Stephen R. Euston; Mihalis I. Panayi...; Georgios A. Spyro...
• Keywords: Environmentally Friendly; Bioproducts; Characterization; Biomolecule; Identification

Synthetic surfactants are used in several industries, including manufacturing, pharmaceutical and cosmetic’s, food feed, agriculture, petroleum environmental remediation for their ability to adsorb fluid solid-water interfaces. However, widespread use synthetic preparation through environmentally unfavorable processes counterbalances the value of this class reagents. This fact has stimulated new efforts exploit natural sources surfactants, such as classes bacterial systems or manipulation existing biological systems, that may produce, an friendly process, biodegradable emulsifiers high commercial value. A downside microbial production biobased chemicals these types chemicals, is fermentation often yields crude materials consisting bioproducts with complex physical chemical properties. Extraction, identification, efficient characterization biosurfactants from a mixture biomolecules requires carefully designed, detailed analytical using state-of-the-art methods. The purpose review article present current future outlook on various multidisciplinary biophysical methods applied discovery, extraction in-depth microbially-produced surface‐active compounds.