Production of Glycolipid Biosurfactants, Mannosylerythritol Lipids, Using Sucrose by Fungal and Yeast Strains, and Their Interfacial Properties

Tomotake MORITA; Yuko ISHIBASHI; Tokuma FUKUOKA; Tomohiro IMURA; Hideki SAKAI; Masahiko ABE; Dai KITAMOTO

doi:10.1271/bbb.90439

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Production of Glycolipid Biosurfactants, Mannosylerythritol Lipids, Using Sucrose by Fungal and Yeast Strains, and Their Interfacial Properties

Tomotake MORITA, Yuko ISHIBASHI, Tokuma FUKUOKA, Tomohiro IMURA, Hideki SAKAI, Masahiko ABE, Dai KITAMOTO

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Keywords: glycolipids, biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, Pseudozyma, Ustilago

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2009 Volume 73 Issue 10 Pages 2352-2355

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.90439

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Abstract

Glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs), were produced from glucose and sucrose without vegetable oils. Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317, Ustilago maydis NBRC 5346, U. scitaminea NBRC 32730, and P. siamensis CBS 9960 produced mainly MEL-A, MEL-A, MEL-B, and MEL-C respectively. The sucrose-derived MELs showed excellent interfacial properties: low critical micelle concentration as well as that of oil-derived MELs.

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