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

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, using sucrose by fungal and yeast strains, and their interfacial properties

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2009 Oct;73(10):2352-5. doi: 10.1271/bbb.90439. Epub 2009 Oct 7.

Authors

Tomotake Morita¹, Yuko Ishibashi, Tokuma Fukuoka, Tomohiro Imura, Hideki Sakai, Masahiko Abe, Dai Kitamoto

Affiliation

¹ Research Institute for Innovations in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

PMID: 19809166
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.90439

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Glucose / metabolism
Glycolipids / chemistry
Glycolipids / metabolism*
Sucrose / metabolism*
Surface-Active Agents / chemistry
Surface-Active Agents / metabolism*
Ustilaginales / metabolism*

Substances

Glycolipids
Surface-Active Agents
mannosylerythritol lipid
Sucrose
Glucose