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Overview

Roger Marchant is a researcher affiliated with the University of Ulster in the United Kingdom. Their work spans several domains primarily within Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The research focus includes subfields such as Pollution, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Ecology.

The core topics addressed in their research cover a range of microbial and biochemical processes including:

  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Chemical Reactions and Isotopes
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Roger Marchant has published multiple recent papers, highlighting work on microbial biosurfactants and their applications to both skincare and cancer research. Key papers include:

  • Microbial Biosurfactants in Cosmetic and Personal Skincare Pharmaceutical Formulations (2020, Pharmaceutics)
  • Microbial biosurfactant research: time to improve the rigour in the reporting of synthesis, functional characterization and process development (2020, Microbial Biotechnology)
  • Characterisation of cytotoxicity and immunomodulatory effects of glycolipid biosurfactants on human keratinocytes (2022, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology)
  • Biosurfactants as Anticancer Agents: Glycolipids Affect Skin Cells in a Differential Manner Dependent on Chemical Structure (2022, Pharmaceutics)
  • Mono-Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants Synthesized by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Detrimentally Affect Colorectal Cancer Cells (2022, Pharmaceutics)

These publications reflect an emphasis on how biosurfactants interact with human cells, particularly in cancer research and skin health contexts.

Frequent collaborators in Roger Marchant's work include İbrahim M. Banat, Matthew S. Twigg, Simms A. Adu, Patrick Naughton, and Niki Baccile. Such collaborations suggest a network of researchers working on microbial biotechnology and related fields.

The researcher often publishes in journals focused on applied microbiology and pharmaceutical sciences, with primary venues including:

  • Pharmaceutics
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Microbial Biotechnology
  • Molecules
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Remediation of dyes in textile effluent: a critical review on current treatment technologies with a proposed alternative

    T Robinson;Geoff McMullan;Roger Marchant;Poonam Singh Nee Nigam

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A response surface approach for the comparison of lipase production by Candida cylindracea using two different carbon sources

    RV Muralidhar;RR Chirumamila;R Marchant;Poonam Singh Nee Nigam

  • 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

  • Microbial biosurfactants: challenges and opportunities for future exploitation.

    Roger Marchant;Ibrahim M. Banat

  • Biosurfactants: a sustainable replacement for chemical surfactants?

    Roger Marchant;Ibrahim M. Banat

  • Rhamnolipid biosurfactant production by strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using low-cost raw materials.

    K. S. M. Rahman;Thahira J. Rahman;Stephen McClean;Roger Marchant

  • Ethanol production at elevated temperatures and alcohol concentrations: Part I - Yeasts in general

    Ibrahim Banat;Poonam Singh Nee Nigam;D Singh;Roger Marchant

  • Membrane systems associated with the plasmalemma of plant cells.

    R. Marchant;A. W. Robards

  • Microbial biosurfactants: current trends and applications in agricultural and biomedical industries.

    Patrick Naughton;R Marchant;V Naughton;Ibrahim Banat

  • Effect of environmental conditions on biological decolorization of textile dyestuff by C. versicolor.

    Ilgi Karapinar Kapdan;Fikret Kargia;Geoffrey McMullan;Roger Marchant

  • Isolation of thermotolerant, fermentative yeasts growing at 52°C and producing ethanol at 45°C and 50°C

    Ibrahim Banat;Poonam Singh Nee Nigam;R Marchant

  • Decolourisation of synthetic textile dyes by Phlebia tremellosa.

    Niamh Kirby;Roger Marchant;Geoffrey McMullan

  • Natural quorum sensing inhibitors effectively downregulate gene expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factors

    Syed A. K. S. Ahmed;Michelle Rudden;Thomas J. Smyth;James S. G. Dooley

Frequent Co-Authors

Ibrahim M. Banat
Ibrahim M. Banat 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
Jeffrey Penfold
Jeffrey Penfold Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Isabelle Grillo
Isabelle Grillo Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Andrea Franzetti
Andrea Franzetti University of Milano-Bicocca
Wim Soetaert
Wim Soetaert Ghent University
Spyros G. Pavlostathis
Spyros G. Pavlostathis Georgia Institute of Technology
Florence Babonneau
Florence Babonneau Sorbonne University

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