TY - JOUR
T1 - Rhamnolipid biosurfactants – Past, Present and future scenario of global market
AU - Rahman, Pattanathu
AU - Sekon, Kamaljeet
N1 - This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Biosurfactants are natural surface active agents produced by various microbes (bacteria, yeast and fungi) and plants. There are several categories of biosurfactants which are marking their presence felt in the international market viz. sophorolipids, lipopeptides, methyl ester sulphonate (MES), alkyl polyglucoside (APG), sorbitan esters and sucrose esters however rhamnolipids - the glycolipid biosurfactants - produced mostly by Pseudomonas species are believed to be the future biosurfactant market leaders due to their significant applications. Pseudomonas species produce rhamnolipids in the presence of immiscible substrates such as n-alkanes, hexadecane and several oils. The global biosurfactant market is expected to reach $2.8 billion in 2023, which includes both microbial and plant based surfactants. The rhamnolipid market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.4% from 2014 to 2020 owing to the widespread applications of rhamnolipids in various sectors. The present article gives analytical opinion on the current market growth rate of rhamnolipids, key players in rhamnolipid manufacturing, the obstacles faced by the industry and the factors that are holding back rhamnolipids to become market leaders.
AB - Biosurfactants are natural surface active agents produced by various microbes (bacteria, yeast and fungi) and plants. There are several categories of biosurfactants which are marking their presence felt in the international market viz. sophorolipids, lipopeptides, methyl ester sulphonate (MES), alkyl polyglucoside (APG), sorbitan esters and sucrose esters however rhamnolipids - the glycolipid biosurfactants - produced mostly by Pseudomonas species are believed to be the future biosurfactant market leaders due to their significant applications. Pseudomonas species produce rhamnolipids in the presence of immiscible substrates such as n-alkanes, hexadecane and several oils. The global biosurfactant market is expected to reach $2.8 billion in 2023, which includes both microbial and plant based surfactants. The rhamnolipid market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.4% from 2014 to 2020 owing to the widespread applications of rhamnolipids in various sectors. The present article gives analytical opinion on the current market growth rate of rhamnolipids, key players in rhamnolipid manufacturing, the obstacles faced by the industry and the factors that are holding back rhamnolipids to become market leaders.
U2 - 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00454
DO - 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00454
M3 - Article
SP - -
JO - Frontiers in Microbiology
JF - Frontiers in Microbiology
ER -