Biosurfactants, bioemulsifiers and exopolysaccharides from marine microorganisms

• Published in: Biotechnology advances Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 436 - 450
• Main Authors: Satpute, Surekha K., Banat, Ibrahim M., Dhakephalkar, Prashant K., Banpurkar, Arun G., Chopade, Balu A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Inc 01.07.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applications; Arthrobacter; Bioemulsifier; Biological and medical sciences; Biosphere; Biosurfactant; Biotechnology; Boundary element method; Emulsifying Agents - chemistry; Emulsifying Agents - isolation & purification; Exopolysaccharides; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Glycolipids; Glycolipids - chemistry; Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci - chemistry; Gram-Positive Bacteria - chemistry; Lipopeptides; Marine; Mathematical analysis; Microorganisms; Phospholipids - chemistry; Polysaccharides, Bacterial - chemistry; Polysaccharides, Bacterial - isolation & purification; Pseudomonas; Seawater - microbiology; Surface chemistry; Surface-Active Agents - chemistry; Surface-Active Agents - isolation & purification; Biosurfactant; Marine; Glycolipids; Applications; Exopolysaccharides; Bioemulsifier; Lipopeptides; Emulsifier; Extracellular; Glycolipid; Marine environment; Microorganism; Application; Polysaccharide; Lipopeptide
• ISSN: 0734-9750; 1873-1899
• DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.02.006

Marine biosphere offers wealthy flora and fauna, which represents a vast natural resource of imperative functional commercial grade products. Among the various bioactive compounds, biosurfactant (BS)/bioemulsifiers (BE) are attracting major interest and attention due to their structural and functional diversity. The versatile properties of surface active molecules find numerous applications in various industries. Marine microorganisms such as Acinetobacter, Arthrobacter, Pseudomonas, Halomonas, Myroides, Corynebacteria, Bacillus, Alteromonas sp. have been studied for production of BS/BE and exopolysaccharides (EPS). Due to the enormity of marine biosphere, most of the marine microbial world remains unexplored. The discovery of potent BS/BE producing marine microorganism would enhance the use of environmental biodegradable surface active molecule and hopefully reduce total dependence or number of new application oriented towards the chemical synthetic surfactant industry. Our present review gives comprehensive information on BS/BE which has been reported to be produced by marine microorganisms and their possible potential future applications.