ÿþ<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 3.2//en"> <html> <head> <title>APJMBB Volume 15 Number 3, Oct 2007</title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Arachnophilia 4.0"> <meta name="FORMATTER" content="Arachnophilia 4.0"> </head> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> .head { font-family: Arial narrow, Times new roman, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;} .title { font-family: Times new roman, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;} .text { font-family: Times new roman, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;} .affil { font-family: Times new roman, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;} .sechead { font-family: Times new roman, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;} A {text-decoration:none} A:hover {color:#ff8040;} .text3 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000;} .text4 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #0000ff;} .text2 { font-family: Times new roman, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000;} </STYLE> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080" alink="#ff0000"> <img src="../images/apjlogos.gif" width="125" height="87" alt=""><br><hr width=90% align=left> <span class=text3><a href="153cont.htm">[ Contents ]</a> [ Previous abstract ] <a href="153b.htm">[ Next abstract ]</a> <a href="../html152/152cont.htm">[ Previous issue ]</a> [ Next issue ] [ <a href="../../apjhome.htm">APJMBB home</a> ]</span><hr width=90% align=left> <p class=head>As. Pac. J. Mol. Biol. &amp; Biotech., Oct 2007 Vol. 15, 99-105</p> <table width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td width=100% valign=top><span class=title>MINIREVIEW<BR><BR>Microbial Surfactant </span><br> <br> <span class=text>Laith Al-Araji<sup>1</sup>*, Raja Noor Zaliha Raja Abd. Rahman<sup>2</sup>,Mahiran Basri<sup>3</sup> and Abu Baker Salleh<sup>2</sup> </span><br> <br> <span class=affil><sup>1</sup>Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Nursing, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25100 Kuantan, Pahang<br> <sup>2</sup>Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, <sup>3</sup>Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Selangor </span> <p class=text2>*Author for Correspondence.<br> International Islamic University Malaysia, Kulliyyah of Nursing,<br>P.O Box 141, 25710 Kuantan, <br>Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia. <br>Tel: +609 513 2797 ext. 3464; Fax: +609 513 3615; <br>Mobile: +6019-911 9107; <br>Email address: laith@iiu.edu.my </p> <p class=text align=justify><span class=sechead>Abstract.</span><br> Microbial surface active agents (biosurfactant) have recently been recognized as important microbial products with properties applicable in a number of industries and processes. Being capable of lowering surface- and interfacial- tension, biosurfactants are today thought to be efficient replacers and possible enhancer of chemically synthesized surface-active agents. Some of their superior, such as absence of toxicity, biodegrade ability, and their specificity, make these microbial products both attractive for specific industries and environmentally acceptable. Most of the emphasis to date has been on the application of biosurfactants in petroleum-related activities and industries. They offer attractive products for use in enhanced oil recovery, in cleaning oil spills, in oil emulsification, and in breaking industrially derived oil-in-oil emulsions. Their in situ and ex situ utilization in enhanced oil recovery represent attractive alternatives. More recently, other applications of biosurfactants have also been under development. These include applications in the food industry, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics, this article emphasizes the effect of nutritional and environmental factors on the production of biosurfactants. </p> <a href="153a.pdf" class=text4>[Get pdf]</a> </td></tr></table> <br> <br> <br> <br> </body> </html>