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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

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103
Citations
45886
World Ranking
1300
National Ranking
72

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Ibrahim M. Banat is affiliated with the University of Ulster in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader domains, their work focuses on subfields such as Pollution, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical Science.

The scientist's main topics of study include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Cancer Research and Treatments, Biofuel production and bioconversion, and Antimicrobial agents and applications.

Key recent publications by Ibrahim M. Banat include:

  • Biosurfactants: Production, properties, applications, trends, and general perspectives (2022) in Biochemical Engineering Journal
  • Production of green surfactants: Market prospects (2021) in Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
  • Streptomyces from traditional medicine: sources of new innovations in antibiotic discovery (2020) in Journal of Medical Microbiology
  • Microbial Biosurfactants in Cosmetic and Personal Skincare Pharmaceutical Formulations (2020) in Pharmaceutics
  • Recent developments in chitosan encapsulation of various active ingredients for multifunctional applications (2020) in Carbohydrate Research

Frequent collaborators include Mandana Ohadi, Gholamreza Dehghannoudeh, Roger Marchant, Matthew S. Twigg, and Simms A. Adu. These co-authors have worked extensively with Banat, contributing to several joint publications.

The scientist publishes recurrently in several academic venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Applied Sciences
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics

Best Publications

  • Microbial production of surfactants and their commercial potential.

    JD Desai;Ibrahim Banat

  • Microbial decolorization of textile-dye-containing effluents A review

    Ibrahim M. Banat;Poonam Nigam;Datel Singh;Roger Marchant

  • Potential commercial applications of microbial surfactants.

    Ibrahim Banat;RS Makkar;SS Cameotra

  • Microbial biosurfactants production, applications and future potential

    Ibrahim M. Banat;Andrea Franzetti;Isabella Gandolfi;Giuseppina Bestetti

  • Microbial decolourisation and degradation of textile dyes

    Geoffrey McMullan;C Meehan;A Conneely;N Kirby

  • Biosurfactants: potential applications in medicine

    Lígia Rodrigues;Ibrahim M. Banat;José Teixeira;Rosário Oliveira

  • Biosurfactants production and possible uses in microbial enhanced oil recovery and oil pollution remediation: a review

    Ibrahim Banat

  • Physical removal of textile dyes from effluents and solid-state fermentation of dye-adsorbed agricultural residues

    P Nigam;G Armour;I.M Banat;D Singh

  • Immobilization technologies and support materials suitable in alcohol beverages production: a review

    Y Kourkoutas;A Bekatorou;Ibrahim Banat;Roger Marchant

  • Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Characteristics, production, recent developments and applications

    Zulfiqar Ali Raza;Sharjeel Abid;Ibrahim M. Banat

  • Resazurin-based 96-well plate microdilution method for the determination of minimum inhibitory concentration of biosurfactants

    Mohamed Elshikh;Syed Ahmed;Scott Funston;Paul Dunlop

  • Microbial process for the decolorization of textile effluent containing azo, diazo and reactive dyes

    Poonam Nigam;Ibrahim M. Banat;Dalel Singh;Roger Marchant

  • Enhanced bioremediation of n-alkane in petroleum sludge using bacterial consortium amended with rhamnolipid and micronutrients

    K.S.M. Rahman;Thahira J. Rahman;Y. Kourkoutas;I. Petsas

  • Towards efficient crude oil degradation by a mixed bacterial consortium.

    Ksm Rahman;J Thahira-Rahman;P Lakshmanaperumalsamy;Ibrahim Banat

  • Biosurfactants, bioemulsifiers and exopolysaccharides from marine microorganisms.

    Surekha K. Satpute;Ibrahim M. Banat;Prashant K. Dhakephalkar;Arun G. Banpurkar

  • Advances in utilization of renewable substrates for biosurfactant production.

    Randhir S Makkar;Swaranjit S Cameotra;Ibrahim M Banat

  • Microbial biosurfactants: challenges and opportunities for future exploitation.

    Roger Marchant;Ibrahim M. Banat

  • Cost effective technologies and renewable substrates for biosurfactants' production.

    Ibrahim M. Banat;Surekha K. Satpute;Swaranjit S. Cameotra;Rajendra Patil

  • Methods for investigating biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers: a review

    Surekha K. Satpute;Arun G. Banpurkar;Prashant K. Dhakephalkar;Ibrahim M. Banat

  • Biosurfactants: a sustainable replacement for chemical surfactants?

    Roger Marchant;Ibrahim M. Banat

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Marchant
Roger Marchant University of Ulster
Poonam Singh Nee Nigam
Poonam Singh Nee Nigam University of Ulster
Yiannis Kourkoutas
Yiannis Kourkoutas Democritus University of Thrace
Maria Kanellaki
Maria Kanellaki University of Patras
Andrea Franzetti
Andrea Franzetti University of Milano-Bicocca
Leonie Asfora Sarubbo
Leonie Asfora Sarubbo Catholic University of Pernambuco
David B. Nedwell
David B. Nedwell University of Essex
Jeffrey Penfold
Jeffrey Penfold Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Raquel D. Rufino
Raquel D. Rufino Catholic University of Pernambuco
Isabelle Grillo
Isabelle Grillo Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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