Biosurfactants are biologically active metabolites, and the efficiency of direct screening of new biosurfactants from nature using traditional methods is low, which should be enhanced in the following studies by adopt...Biosurfactants are biologically active metabolites, and the efficiency of direct screening of new biosurfactants from nature using traditional methods is low, which should be enhanced in the following studies by adopting advanced biotechnologies. Rapid development and wide application of microbial culture independent methods, such as metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metaproteomics and metabonomics, etc., contributes to quickly and precisely screening of novel biological surfactants. We mainly represented the current status of research and applications of biosurfactants in the remediation of petrochemical polluted environment, and also prospected avenues for future research.展开更多
文摘Biosurfactants are biologically active metabolites, and the efficiency of direct screening of new biosurfactants from nature using traditional methods is low, which should be enhanced in the following studies by adopting advanced biotechnologies. Rapid development and wide application of microbial culture independent methods, such as metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metaproteomics and metabonomics, etc., contributes to quickly and precisely screening of novel biological surfactants. We mainly represented the current status of research and applications of biosurfactants in the remediation of petrochemical polluted environment, and also prospected avenues for future research.
