BASF Podcast: Hydrophobin – The Raincoat of the Fungi

by BASF

Fungi-protein Makes Surfaces Water-Repellent. BASF The raincoat on a fungus is not a garment, it is a substance called "Hydrophobin". You will find this protein on the skin of fungi where its job is simply to repel water droplets, to make them roll off the fungi. Because this trait is not only useful to fungi, but can also be used for technical applications as well, scientists from BASF have become interested in Hydrophobin. Using a biotechnological process, they are the first who managed to produce Hydrophobin in a large scale. In this Podcast of "Chemistry of Innovations" you will learn how a fungi-protein called "Hydrophobin" can make surfaces water-repellent. BASF Corporate Communications started a regular bilingual Podcast service in April 2007 to report on BASF’s innovations and research and development activities in an easy-to-understand, informative and entertaining way Listen to the audio reportage with Dr. Thomas Subkowski, Dr. Claus Bollschweiler und Dr. Marvin Karos from BASF Fine Chemicals and Biocatalysis Research. Podcast Chemistry of Innovations, English editions: www.basf.com/podcast