Microbial rhamnolipid production: a critical re-evaluation of published data and suggested future publication criteria.

ABSTRACT: High production cost and potential pathogenicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, commonly used for rhamnolipid synthesis, have led to extensive research for safer producing strains and cost-effective production methods. This has resulted in numerous research publications claiming new non-pathogenic producing strains and novel production techniques many of which are unfortunately without proper characterisation of product and/or producing strain/s. Genes responsible for rhamnolipid production have only been confirmed in P. aeruginosa, Burkholderia thailandensis and Burkholderia pseudomallei. Comparing yields in different publications is also generally unreliable especially when different methodologies were used for rhamnolipid quantification. After reviewing the literature in this area, we stron

SUBMITTER: Irorere VU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5403872 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature