Biosurfactants

The surfactant
 Organic compound
 Amphiphilic
 Lowers the surface tension
 Surfactants may act as detergents, wetting agents,
emulsifiers, foaming agents…..
The Biosurfactant
 Surface-active biomolecules
 Extracellular excretion by microbes
 Amphiphilic compounds
 hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions

Structure
Properties
 Surface and interfacial activity
 Tolerance to temperature, pH and ions
 Biodegradability
 Low toxicity
 Biocompatibility and digestibility

Classification
Note: Based on chemical structure and their microbial origin.
 Glycolipids
 Phospholipids
 Polymeric biosurfactants
 Lipopeptides (surfactin)
 The best known glycolipids are rhamnolipids,

sophorolipids and trehalolipids
Identification
 By capsular staining (It is a polysaccharide layer
that lies outside the cell envelope)
How does bacteria produce and
why
 By QUORUM SENSING
 Aggregation of surfactants
 For protection
 Adhesion
 Secondary metabolite
Biosurfactant producers
 Acinetobacter sp
 Bacillus sp
 Candida antartica
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ref: Jrnl: Critical reviews in environmental science
and technology
Production
 Raw materials
 Cheap, contain high level of carbohydrate, nitrogen
and lipids - for use as substrate for commercial
production.
 Supplied with essential salt
Raw materials used
fermentation
 Submerged type
 Temperature – Usually between 25°C to 40°C
 pH varies from various surfactants (Candida- ph -6)
 Duration- 3 to 5 days
DSP and Recovery..
 Solid liquid separation - Centrifugation.
 By chloroform, dichloromethane, methanol, butanol,
ethyl acetate, pentane, hexane, acetic acid, ether
 Ratios 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2
 The aggregate is dried (lyophilization)
 packed
Biosynthesis
Note Rhamnolipid by Pseudomonas
Production work flow
Preparation of media and addition of culture
Fermentation and maintenance
Product recovery
purification
commercialization
Applications
of
Biosurfactants
Biosurfactant in MEOR
(in the Oil Industry)
 Recently used
 Bacillus subtilis
 Bacillus licheniformis JF-2
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa
 Torulopsis bombicola
have been reported to utilize crude oil & hydrocarbons
as sole carbon sources & can be used for oil spill clean-
ups
Biosurfactants in degradation
Processes
 Pseudomonas species in degrading aliphatic and
aromatic hydrocarbons, crude oil under laboratory
conditions only.
 Degradation from 85% to 97%

Application of Biosurfactants in
Agriculture
 Fengycins are also reported to possess antifungal
activity and therefore may be employed in biocontrol
of plant diseases
Biosurfactants in the Food Industry
 As additives
 Improves consistency and stablization
 Emlusifiers - Lecithin , glycerol, sorbitol or ethylene

glycol, and ethyloxylated derivatives of
monoglycerides
Application of biosurfactants in
commercial Laundry detergents
 showed good emulsion formation

 Almost all surfactants, an important component used
in modern day commercial laundry detergents
 Fairly stable
Biosurfactants as Biopesticide
 Lipopeptide biosurfactants produced by several
bacteria exhibit insecticidal activity against fruit fly
Drosophila melanogaster and hence are promising
to be used as biopesticide
Biosurfactant in cosmetic industry
 Foaming agent
 wetting and viscosity on product consistency
 Used in-
 bath products, shampoo, contact lens solutions, baby
products, toothpaste, dentine cleansers
Application of biosurfactants in medicine
 Antimicrobial activity
 Bacillus circulans that had a potent antimicrobial activity

against gram-positive, gram negative pathogenic bacteria.
 Bacillus subtilis R14 polysaccharide showed fine result.

Anti-cancer activity
 Rhamnolipid, polyol lipids, sophorose lipids showed
inhibition of the tumor cell proliferation in leukaemia
cell line HL60
Anti-adhesive agents
 Pre-coating of vinyl urethral catheter by running the
surfactin solution through them before setting in
ureter resulted in the decrease in the amount of -
biofilm formed by Salmonella typhimurium,
Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli and Proteus
mirabilis
Immunological adjuvants
 Non-toxic, nonpyrogenic immunological adjuvants
when mixed with conventional antigens.
 Iturin A and herbicolin A

Showed immunological activity..

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The surfactant

 Extracellular excretion by microbes

 hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions

 Tolerance to temperature, pH and ions

 Biocompatibility and digestibility

 The best known glycolipids are rhamnolipids,

 Temperature – Usually between 25°C to 40°C

 pH varies from various surfactants (Candida- ph -6)

Fermentation and maintenance

 Degradation from 85% to 97%

 Improves consistency and stablization

 Emlusifiers - Lecithin , glycerol, sorbitol or ethylene

 showed good emulsion formation

 Bacillus circulans that had a potent antimicrobial activity

 Bacillus subtilis R14 polysaccharide showed fine result.

 Iturin A and herbicolin A

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