title: Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, using sucrose by fungal and yeast strains, and their interfacial properties.
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.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Innovations in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomotake
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Tokuma
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imura
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Dai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kitamoto
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D006017:Glycolipids; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C439671:mannosylerythritol lipid; D013395:Sucrose; D005947:Glucose