Biosurfactants From Genes to Applications

Biosurfactants, tensio-active compounds produced by living cells, are now gaining increasing interest due to their potential applications in many different industrial areas in which to date almost exclusively synthetic surfactants have been used. Their un

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Series Editor: Alexander Steinbu¨chel Mu¨nster, Germany

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Gloria Sobero´n-Cha´vez Editor

Biosurfactants From Genes to Applications

Editor Gloria Sobero´n-Cha´vez Departamento de Biologı´a Molecular y Bioingenierı´a Instituto de Investigaciones Biome´dicas Universidad Nacional Auto´noma de Me´xico Apdo. Postal 70228, Ciudad Universitaria 04510, Me´xico D. F. Me´xico [email protected]

Series Editor Professor Dr. Alexander Steinbu¨chel Institut fu¨r Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnology Westfa¨lische Wilhelms-Universita¨t Corrensstr. 3 48149 Mu¨nster Germany [email protected]

ISSN 1862-5576 e-ISSN 1862-5584 ISBN 978-3-642-14489-9 e-ISBN 978-3-642-14490-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-14490-5 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937320 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of