title: Isolation and screening of glycolipid biosurfactant producers from sugarcane.
abstract: Forty-three fungal producers for glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs), were isolated from leaves and smuts of sugarcane plants. These isolates produced MELs with sugarcane juice as nutrient source. The strains were taxonomically categorized into the genera Pseudozyma and Ustilago on the basis of partial sequences of the ribosomal RNA gene.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5-2, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomotake
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Tokuma
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imura
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Dai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kitamoto
mesh_terms: D020459:Genes, rRNA / Q000235:genetics; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010802:Phylogeny; D031786:Saccharum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D014587:Ustilaginales / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014588:Ustilago / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006017:Glycolipids; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C439671:mannosylerythritol lipid