“…Hydrophobins (HFBs) are small proteins found only in filamentous fungi (Dikarya) [ 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 ]. HFBs are characterized by their small size and amphipathic nature at hydrophilic/hydrophobic interfaces, and are currently attracting great interest from the biotechnology industry [ 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 ]. A central attraction is the ability of a hydrophobin monolayer to reverse the nature of a surface from hydrophobic to hydrophilic, and vice versa [ 31 , 37 , 42 ].…”