“…Aqueous two-phase micellar systems (ATPMS) have been widely and successfully used in the extraction and purification of biomolecules, such as proteins, 53 -55 viruses, 56 antibiotics, 57 as target protein extraction from unclarified microorganism culture, 60 large-scale separation of proteins, 58,59 DNA and nucleic acids, 60 optimized membrane solubilization, 61 partitioning of tagged and genetically engineered proteins 62,63 and enzymes. 64,65 In these systems, an aqueous surfactant solution, under appropriate conditions, spontaneously separates into two predominantly aqueous, yet immiscible, liquid phases, one of which has a greater concentration of micelles than the other.…”