Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant Recent Trends in Production and Application

This book highlights the recent developments on rhamnolipid biosurfactant, its properties, role on the natural environment and various applications. Recently, it has shown promising application in Environment, Agriculture, food, petroleum, and pharmaceutical industries due to its environment-friendly and easily degradable nature. The book emphasizes on the various techniques that are utilized for the detection and isolation of rhamnolipid biosurfactant from microorganisms. It highlights the various aspects of the rhamnolipid biosurfactants including structural characteristics, production, and its application. The book presents the current knowledge and the latest advances in the function-based metagenomics strategies to facilitate the exploration of the novel biosurfactants.

Chapter 1. Rhamnolipd biosurfactants and their properties.- Chapter 2. Extraction, detection and characterization of rhamnolipid biosurfactants from microorganisms.- Chapter 3. Production of rhamnolipids.- Chapter 4. Advancement of genetic engineering in rhamnolipid production.- Chapter 5. Environmental applications of rhamnolipids.- Chapter 6.  Industrial applications of rhamnolipid: an innovative green technology for industry.- Chapter 7. Application of rhamnolipids in medical sciences.- Chapter 8. Role of rhamnolipids in enhanced oil recovery and oil industry.- Chapter 9. Application of rhamnolipids in agriculture and food industry.- Chapter 10. Rhamnolipid assisted synthesis of stable nanoparticles: a green approach.- Chapter 11. Quorum sensing: Its role in rhamnolipid production.- Chapter 12. Future prospects and scenario of rhamnolipids.

Dr. Rajesh Kumar is an Associate Professor of Environmental Microbiology and Coordinator, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India. Prior to this, he has worked as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. With a total of 15 years of research and teaching experience, he has been teaching various PG courses in Microbiology. He has been awarded with various prestigious awards including, Indian National Science Academy Visiting Fellowship, Senior Research Fellowship and Young Scientist Fellowship. His research interests are focused on biosurfactant, plant-microbe interaction, abiotic stress management, and nanosensor development for environmental monitoring. He has published numerous research and review articles in various reputed national and international journals and has presented many papers at various international and national conferences. He is an active reviewer of number of reputed international journals of Elsevier, Springer and Wiley publication. He has been awarded with Innovator of the year award for his work on nanomaterial synthesis using biosurfactants and reverse micelle process at Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2016. Further, he has received the prestigious Indian National Science Academy Visiting Fellowship to work on biosurfactants in the year 2006.  He is also the member of many international scientific societies such as Association of Microbiologists of India, Indian Science Congress, Asian PGPR Society, and Society for Applied and Basic Research.

Mr. Amar Jyoti Das is a Research Scholar in the Department of Environmental Microbiology at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India. He is a dual gold medalist in M.Sc Environmental Microbiology and has received prestigious DST Inspire (JRF & SRF) fellowship for pursuing the Doctorate degree. His research interest includes Environmental Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology, plant-microbe interaction and abiotic stress management. He has published numerous research and review articles in reputed national and international journal and has presented numerous papers at various conferences. Moreover, he has won several best presentation and best work awards at many national and international conferences and symposiums.