Production optimization of biosurfactants from bacteria isolated from oil contaminated sites of uttarakhand

Abstract

Unwanted discharge and spillage of petro-hydrocarbons into the ecosystem, either due newlineto anthropological activities or accidentally is a chief reason for land and water newlinecontamination. Petroleum pollutants are highly hydrophobic in nature and removal of newlinethose contaminants is tough, but surfactants like molecules easily break them down newlineinto short hydrocarbon chain. Therefore, biosurfactants play an important role in newlinereducing surface and interfacial tension. Conventional chemical surfactants pose newlineenvironmental hazards and sustainability concerns, creating an urgent demand for newlinenaturally derived alternatives. Biosurfactants produced by indigenous bacteria offer a newlinepromising solution due to their role in bioremediation, low or no toxicity, and high newlinesurface activity. Biosurfactants are microbial surface-active compounds having newlinediverse applications in environmental and industrial sectors, have gathered significant newlineattention due to their eco-friendly properties and effectiveness in oil recovery and newlinecontamination management. This research aims to identify and characterize soil newlinebacterial isolates capable of producing high yields of biosurfactants under optimized newlineconditions. Advanced statistical tools were employed in this study for media newlineoptimization process. The successful biosurfactant optimization production processes newlinewill not only contribute to more effective bioremediation strategies but also promote newlinesustainable practices in managing oil pollution. newline newline