Screening concepts, characterization and structural analysis of microbial-derived bioactive lipopeptides: a review.
Lipopeptide biosurfactants are surface active biomolecules that are produced by a variety of microorganisms. Microbial lipopeptides have gained the interest of microbiologists, chemists and biochemists for their high biodiversity as well as efficient action, low toxicity and good biodegradability in comparison to synthetic counterparts. In this report, we review methods for the production, isolation and screening, purification and structural characterization of microbial lipopeptides. Several techniques are currently available for each step, and we describe the most commonly utilized and recently developed techniques in this review. Investigations on lipopeptide biosurfactants in natural products require efficient isolation techniques for the characterization and evaluation of chemical and biological properties. A combination of chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques offer opportunities for a better characterization of lipopeptide structures, which in turn can lead to the application of lipopeptides in food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, agricultural and bioremediation industries.
a Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw , Wroclaw, Poland.
Piotr
P
Biniarz
a Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw , Wroclaw, Poland.
Marcin
M
Łukaszewicz
a Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw , Wroclaw, Poland.|b Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University , Wroclaw, Poland.
Tomasz
T
Janek
D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D001688:Biological Products / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D057166:High-Throughput Screening Assays / Q000379:methods*; D055666:Lipopeptides / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001688:Biological Products; D055666:Lipopeptides; D013501:Surface-Active Agents
Biosurfactants; chemical analysis; lipopeptides; microbe; purification; screening