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Advancement of Genetic Engineering in Rhamnolipid(s) Production

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Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant

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Genetic engineering is manipulation of selected organism’s genome by employing biotechnological tools. Pseudomonas aeruginosa are regarded as an efficient producer of rhamnolipid biosurfactant but due to their pathogenic nature much attention has been paid for rhamnolipid production from non-pathogenic strain. On this contrary, genentic engineering technology is widely explored for the large scale production of rhamnolipid biosurfactant. Hence, the present chapter ventures into molecular aspects of rhamnolipid production by microorganisms and possible role of genetic engineering in rhamnolipid production.

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Kumar, R., Das, A.J. (2018). Advancement of Genetic Engineering in Rhamnolipid(s) Production. In: Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1289-2_4

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