Produção de biossurfactantes: análise do rendimento a partir de variáveis produtivas

Abstract

Surfactants are compounds with a wide range of industrial applications; however, they present certain toxicity to various ecosystems. Therefore, biosurfactants have been used as substitutes for synthetic surfactants. Nevertheless, these biomolecules are costly compared to synthesized compounds, making their large-scale utilization unfeasible. In this regard, there is a great effort to reduce the production costs of biosurfactants in order to make them competitive with synthetic surfactants. One of the factors that will contribute to the biosurfactants’ competitiveness is increasing the yield of the production process by employing different types of microorganisms. Hence, this study analyzes the literature to discuss the productivity associated with different microorganisms in biosurfactant production, demonstrating the economic viability of these compounds.