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Research Project: Biobased Pesticide Discovery and Product Optimization and Enhancement from Medicinal and Aromatic Crops

Location: Natural Products Utilization Research

Title: Fungal biosurfactants: applications in agriculture, medicine, industry and in environmental bioremediation processes

Author
item DRUMOND DE SOUZA, LAUREN - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item COSTA BARRETO, DEBORA - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item DA COSTA COELHO, LIVIA - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item AMANCIO TEIXEIRA, ELISA - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item NICOLAU GONCALVES, VIVIAN - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item MUZETTI RIBEIRO, JULIA - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item GONTIJO RABELO, NATANA - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item DE OLIVEIRA ALVES, STEPHANIE - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item DA SILVA, LAURA BEATRIZ - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais
item Cantrell, Charles
item DUKE, STEPHEN - University Of Mississippi
item HENRIQUE ROSA, LUIZ - Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais

Submitted to: Biosurfactants and Sustainability: From Biorefineries Production to Versatile Applications
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/20/2022
Publication Date: 5/4/2023
Citation: Drumond De Souza, L.M., Costa Barreto, D.L., Da Costa Coelho, L., Amancio Teixeira, E.A., Nicolau Goncalves, V., Muzetti Ribeiro, J.P., Gontijo Rabelo, N., De Oliveira Alves, S.E., Da Silva, L.M., Cantrell, C.L., Duke, S.O., Henrique Rosa, L. 2023. Fungal biosurfactants: applications in agriculture, medicine, industry and in environmental bioremediation processes. In: Marcelino, P.R.F., Da Silva, S.S., Lopez, A.O., editors. Biosurfactants and Sustainability: From Biorefineries Production to Versatile Applications. Hoboken, NJ:John Wiley & Sons Ltd. p 243-254.

Interpretive Summary: The many and versatile uses of fungal-produced biosurfactants are summarized. These include use as agricultural pesticides, pesticide adjuvants and formulation ingredients, insecticides for use against disease vector insects, pharmaceuticals, industrial materials, food ingredients, and environmental bioremediation products. Few classes if biomolecules have such broad utility for use by humans. The progress in use of fungal biosurfactants in these different areas is not uniform, but future research is likely to increase the utilization of these toxicologically and environmentally safe compounds.

Technical Abstract: The many and versatile uses of fungal-produced biosurfactants are summarized. These include use as agricultural pesticides, pesticide adjuvants and formulation ingredients, insecticides for use against disease vector insects, pharmaceuticals, industrial materials, food ingredients, and environmental bioremediation products. Few classes if biomolecules have such broad utility for use by humans. The progress in use of fungal biosurfactants in these different areas is not uniform, but future research is likely to increase the utilization of these toxicologically and environmentally safe compounds.