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Fungal Polysaccharides as Biosurfactants and Bioemulsifiers

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Fungi play a substantial role in tackling major challenges in the world. Applications of fungal processes and materials is directly related to the increase in sustainability by more efficient usage of natural resources. Filamentous fungi are useful in several industrial fermentation like production of scleroglucan, an extracellular polysaccharide formed by species of the genus Sclerotium. The polysaccharides have been reported to be used as surface-active compounds, that is, the fungal polysaccharides exhibit bioemulsifier and biosurfactant properties, giving them promising characteristics for biomedical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, food and other industries field. Due to these eco-sustainable characteristics, price as well as standardized production, fungal polysaccharides signify an alternative to replace their synthetic counterparts, making their production economically competitive and attracting the attention of the global market. On this context, this chapter focuses production of polysaccharides from different filamentous fungi.

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Luft, L. (2022). Fungal Polysaccharides as Biosurfactants and Bioemulsifiers. In: Deshmukh, S.K., Deshpande, M.V., Sridhar, K.R. (eds) Fungal Biopolymers and Biocomposites. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1000-5_7

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