BIODEGRADATION - LIFE OF SCIENCE Edited by Rolando Chamy and Francisca Rosenkranz Biodegradation - Life of Science http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/52777 Edited by Rolando Chamy and Francisca Rosenkranz Contributors Elisa Tamariz, Ariadna Rios-Ramirez, Rodrigo Siqueira Reis, Olusola Abayomi Ojo-Omoniyi, Ma. Laura Ortiz-Hernandez, Milva Pepi, Silvia Focardi, Babak Ghanbarzadeh, Naima El Ghachtouli, Márcia Silva Do Nascimento, Encarnación Jurado Alameda, Mercedes Fernandez Serrano, Francisco Ríos, Manuela Lechuga Villena, Stefania Gheorghe, Marie Zarevúcka, Taisuke Banno, Shuichi Matsumura, Taro Toyota, Vladimir Sedlarik Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2013 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. However, users who aim to disseminate and distribute copies of this book as a whole must not seek monetary compensation for such service (excluded InTech representatives and agreed collaborations). After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Notice Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published chapters. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials, instructions, methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Iva Lipovic Technical Editor InTech DTP team Cover InTech Design team First published June, 2013 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from
[email protected] Biodegradation - Life of Science, Edited by Rolando Chamy and Francisca Rosenkranz p. cm. ISBN 978-953-51-1154-2 Contents Preface VII Section 1 Biodegradation of Polymers and Surfactants 1 Chapter 1 Biodegradation of Medical Purpose Polymeric Materials and Their Impact on Biocompatibility 3 Elisa Tamariz and Ariadna Rios-Ramírez Chapter 2 Biosurfactants: Production and Applications 31 R.S. Reis, G.J. Pacheco, A.G. Pereira and D.M.G. Freire Chapter 3 Aerobic Biodegradation of Surfactants 63 Encarnación Jurado, Mercedes Fernández-Serrano, Francisco Ríos and Manuela Lechuga Chapter 4 Ecotoxicological Behavior of some Cationic and Amphoteric Surfactants (Biodegradation, Toxicity and Risk Assessment) 83 Stefania Gheorghe, Irina Lucaciu, Iuliana Paun, Catalina Stoica and Elena Stanescu Chapter 5 Creation of Novel Green Surfactants Containing Carbonate Linkages 115 Taisuke Banno, Taro Toyota and Shuichi Matsumura Chapter 6 Biodegradable Polymers 141 Babak Ghanbarzadeh and Hadi Almasi Chapter 7 Antimicrobial Modificatio