02325nas a2200289   4500008004100000020004100041245008300082210006900165260012400234520125600358653001901614653002001633653003001653653002701683653001601710100001601726700003101742700001901773700002301792700002201815700002901837700001801866700001301884700001501897700001401912856010901926       2016                        eng d  a978-81-322-2773-1; 978-81-322-2771-700aRole of Rhamnolipid: A biosurfactant in methane gas hydrate formation kinetics0 aRole of Rhamnolipid A biosurfactant in methane gas hydrate forma  a7th Floor, Vijaya Building, 17, Barakhamba Rd, New Delhi, 110 001, IndiabSardar Swaran Singh Natl Inst Bio-EnergycFEB3 a<p>Naturally occurring methane gas hydrate is a vast source of methane gas which is trapped in crystalline ice-like structure present in permafrost regions and under the sea in outer continental margins. It is purposed that total amount of carbon in the form of methane hydrates is almost twice the carbon content in all the fossil fuel reserves put together, and hence these are supposed to be the future potential energy resource. This paper investigates the laboratory investigations on effect of a biosurfactant rhamnolipid on methane hydrate formation kinetics. Rhamnolipid was produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain A11. The presence of P. aeruginosa has been reported in Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate samples. Biosurfactant reduced the surface tension of water from 72 to 36 mN/m with CMC of 70 mg/L. The biosurfactant dose is studied at two different concentrations in the solution at 100 and 1000 ppm. Kinetic of hydrate formation and growth is compared at 0, 100, and 1000 ppm of rhamnolipid showing that rhamnolipid acts as a hydrate promoter at these concentrations. Thus, small dosages of rhamnolipids produced by P. aeruginosa strain A11 must clearly affect the gas hydrate formation kinetics in natural sites (as in Gulf of Mexico).</p>10aInduction time10amethane hydrate10aPotential energy resource10aPseudomonas aeruginosa10aRhamnolipid1 aArora, Amit1 aCameotra, Swaranjit, Singh1 aKumar, Rajnish1 aSingh, Anil, Kumar1 aKumar, Pushpendra1 aBalomajumder, Chandrajit1 aLaik, Sukumar1 aKumar, S1 aKhanal, SK1 aYadav, YK  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/role-rhamnolipid-biosurfactant-methane-gas-hydrate-formation-kinetics02398nas a2200289   4500008004100000022001400041245011100055210006900166260000800235300001100243490000800254520145100262653001901713653003101732653002401763653001601787653001601803653002001819100002101839700001601860700002201876700001801898700002501916700001801941700002301959856012601982       2026                        eng d  a0141-391000aNovel biosurfactant assisted biodegradation of polystyrene by Actinomycetes and its chemical understanding0 aNovel biosurfactant assisted biodegradation of polystyrene by Ac  cAPR  a1119460 v2463 a<p>
	The current study highlights the effective biodegradation of polystyrene by two actinobacterial strains, Glutamicibacter sp. K-1 and Rhodococcus sp. BG-30. FT-IR, Raman spectroscopy, and GPC data showed the degradation pattern of polystyrene. Additionally, GC-MS analysis showed that strain K-1 produced a variety of degradation by-products, including alkanes, 2,4-Di-ter-butyl phenol, 2-propenoic acid, tridecyl ester, and dibutyl phthalate, while strain BG-30 produced a greater amount of alkenes, phthalic acid, and isobutyl octyl esters. GPC detected a drop in polystyrene's average molecular weight (Mn), which suggests chain scission of the polymer. Changes in polystyrene's roughness and other morphological properties were shown by AFM and FE-SEM. The effects of a conventional rhamnolipid and a novel thermostable biosurfactant fatty alkene (0.1 % each) on the breakdown of polystyrene were examined. Strain K-1 and BG-30 resulted in increasing the degradation of polystyrene to 12 % (w/w) and 16 % (w/w), respectively in the presence of fatty alkene biosurfactant, there was 10 % (w/w) and 8 % (w/w), degradation in presence of rhamnolipid. To the best of our knowledge, degradation of polystyrene by Glutamicibacter sp. has been reported as a newly identified strain and use of a novel biosurfactant together revealed their potential in biodegradation of plastic to mitigate the plastic pollution using microbial resources.</p>
10aBiodegradation10aFatty alkene biosurfactant10aGlutamicibacter sp.10aPolystyrene10aRhamnolipid10aRhodococcus sp.1 aSakpal, Amrapali1 aHaq, Nazrul1 aDasgupta, Santanu1 aAlanazi, Fars1 aAlsarra, Ibrahim, A.1 aAlam, Mahboob1 aDastager, Syed, G.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/novel-biosurfactant-assisted-biodegradation-polystyrene-actinomycetes-and-its-chemical