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| Title |
Biosurfactants: Promising Molecules for Petroleum Biotechnology Advances
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01718 |
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| Authors |
Darne G. De Almeida, Rita de Cássia F. Soares Da Silva, Juliana M. Luna, Raquel D. Rufino, Valdemir A. Santos, Ibrahim M. Banat, Leonie A. Sarubbo |
| Abstract |
The growing global demand for sustainable technologies that improves the efficiency of petrochemical processes in the oil industry has driven advances in petroleum biotechnology in recent years. Petroleum industry uses substantial amounts of petrochemical-based synthetic surfactants in its activities as mobilizing agents to increase the availability or recovery of hydrocarbons as well as many other applications related to extraction, treatment, cleaning, and transportation. However, biosurfactants have several potential applications for use across the oil processing chain and in the formulations of petrochemical products such as emulsifying/demulsifying agents, anticorrosive, biocides for sulfate-reducing bacteria, fuel formulation, extraction of bitumen from tar sands, and many other innovative applications. Due to their versatility and proven efficiency, biosurfactants are often presented as valuable versatile tools that can transform and modernize petroleum biotechnology in an attempt to provide a true picture of state of the art and directions or use in the oil industry. We believe that biosurfactants are going to have a significant role in many future applications in the oil industries and in this review therefore, we highlight recent important relevant applications, patents disclosures and potential future applications for biosurfactants in petroleum and related industries. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 33% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 404 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 402 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 51 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 50 | 12% |
| Researcher | 49 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 46 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 30 | 7% |
| Other | 51 | 13% |
| Unknown | 127 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 49 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 47 | 12% |
| Engineering | 38 | 9% |
| Chemical Engineering | 32 | 8% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 6% |
| Other | 66 | 16% |
| Unknown | 147 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 November 2016.
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