Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, using sucrose by fungal and yeast strains, and their interfacial properties.
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.
Morita
Tomotake
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Research Institute for Innovations in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Ishibashi
Yuko
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Fukuoka
Tokuma
T
Imura
Tomohiro
T
Sakai
Hideki
H
Abe
Masahiko
M
Kitamoto
Dai
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D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014587:Ustilaginales / Q000378:metabolism*
D006017:Glycolipids; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C439671:mannosylerythritol lipid; D013395:Sucrose; D005947:Glucose