Abstract
Searching for the ways to process waste has become very topical today. Biotechnology is one of the most environmentally attractive methods, which has the ability to solve the problem of waste utilization and to produce the valuable microbial products, for example biosurfactants. We concluded that fried sunflower oil, oil-containing wastes (soapstock) and glycerol can be used for biosurfactant production by Rhodococcus erythropolis IMV Ac-5017, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus IMV B-7241 and Nocardia vaccinii K-8. Glucose addition (0.1%) into the medium with fried oil (2vol.%) led to a 4-fold increase of final surfactant concentration (6.8g/L). The simultaneous addition of fumarate and citrate (0.01–0.2%) into the IMV B-7241 and K-8 strains’ cultivating medium was accompanied by an increase of the exocellular biosurfactant quantity by 2–2.5-fold compared to the cultivation without organic acids. An increase in surfactant concentration of IMV B-7241 strain was the result of the simultaneous functioning of two anaplerotic pathways, also resulting in a 3–5-fold increase in activity of biosynthesis enzymes. Cultivating on a mixture of glycerol and n-hexadecane (0.5–1.0vol.%) led to a 1.5–3-fold increasing surfactant synthesis. Biosurfactant preparations of IMV B-7241 (0.15–0.22mg/mL) and IMV Ac-5017 (0.61–2.1mg/mL) strains were effective against Escherichia coli IEM-1 (67% of cell loss), and vegetative (45–100% of cell loss) and spore (75% of spore loss) cells of Bacillus subtilis BT-2.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.