Selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for biosurfactant production and studies of its antimicrobial activity

Biosurfactants are generally microbial metabolites with the typical amphiphilic structure of a surfactant. This study investigated potential biosurfactants production of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC-10145 and Bacillus subtilis NCTC-1040 using glucose and n-hexadecane as substrates separately and comp...

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Main Authors: H.S. El-Sheshtawy, M.M. Doheim
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Language:English
Published: Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute 2014-03-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062114000038
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description Biosurfactants are generally microbial metabolites with the typical amphiphilic structure of a surfactant. This study investigated potential biosurfactants production of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC-10145 and Bacillus subtilis NCTC-1040 using glucose and n-hexadecane as substrates separately and compared it with the production in conventional medium. Pseudomonas aeruginosa growing in BHMS (Bushnell hass mineral salt) medium with glucose as substrate decreased the surface tension from 72 of distilled water to 32 mN/m, this strain had higher reduction than Bacillus subtilis among all the substrates tested. The selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for the separation of biosurfactant was determined. The crude biosurfactant was extracted from the supernatant and the yield of the crude biosurfactant was about 1 g/l. Some surface properties of rhamnolipids biosurfactant were evaluated. It also showed antimicrobial activity against different bacteria and fungi strains. The crude biosurfactant showed good action as antimicrobial activity against different bacterial and fungal species.
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spelling doaj-art-e5f6499a8ddf4501b830621cecac10372025-08-20T02:04:06ZengEgyptian Petroleum Research InstituteEgyptian Journal of Petroleum1110-06212014-03-012311610.1016/j.ejpe.2014.02.001Selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for biosurfactant production and studies of its antimicrobial activityH.S. El-SheshtawyM.M. DoheimBiosurfactants are generally microbial metabolites with the typical amphiphilic structure of a surfactant. This study investigated potential biosurfactants production of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC-10145 and Bacillus subtilis NCTC-1040 using glucose and n-hexadecane as substrates separately and compared it with the production in conventional medium. Pseudomonas aeruginosa growing in BHMS (Bushnell hass mineral salt) medium with glucose as substrate decreased the surface tension from 72 of distilled water to 32 mN/m, this strain had higher reduction than Bacillus subtilis among all the substrates tested. The selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for the separation of biosurfactant was determined. The crude biosurfactant was extracted from the supernatant and the yield of the crude biosurfactant was about 1 g/l. Some surface properties of rhamnolipids biosurfactant were evaluated. It also showed antimicrobial activity against different bacteria and fungi strains. The crude biosurfactant showed good action as antimicrobial activity against different bacterial and fungal species.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062114000038BiosurfactantsPseudomonas aeruginosaBacillus subtilisAntimicrobial activity
spellingShingle H.S. El-Sheshtawy
M.M. Doheim
Selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for biosurfactant production and studies of its antimicrobial activity
Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
Biosurfactants
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Bacillus subtilis
Antimicrobial activity
title Selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for biosurfactant production and studies of its antimicrobial activity
title_full Selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for biosurfactant production and studies of its antimicrobial activity
title_fullStr Selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for biosurfactant production and studies of its antimicrobial activity
title_full_unstemmed Selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for biosurfactant production and studies of its antimicrobial activity
title_short Selection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for biosurfactant production and studies of its antimicrobial activity
title_sort selection of pseudomonas aeruginosa for biosurfactant production and studies of its antimicrobial activity
topic Biosurfactants
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Bacillus subtilis
Antimicrobial activity
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062114000038
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