title: Saponaria officinalis L. extract: Surface active properties and impact on environmental bacterial strains.
abstract: Plant-derived surfactants are characterised by low toxicity, high biodegradability and environmental compatibility. They therefore have many applications; for instance, they can be used in bioremediation to accelerate biodegradation processes, especially of hydrophobic pollutants. This paper analyses the properties of an extract from Saponaria officinalis L. containing saponins and its impact on bacterial strains isolated from soil, as well as its potential for application in hydrocarbon bioremediation. The tested extract from Saponaria officinalis L. contains gypsogenin, hederagenin, hydroxyhederagenin and quillaic acid aglycone structures and demonstrates good emulsification properties. Contact with the extract led to modification of bacterial cell surface properties. A decrease in cell surface hydrophobicity and an increase in membrane permeability were recorded in the experiments. An increase of up to 63% in diesel oil biodegradation was also recorded for Pseudomonas putida DA1 on addition of 1gL-1of saponins from Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria extract showed no toxic impact on the tested environmental bacterial strains at the concentration used in the biodegradation process.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Smułek
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zdarta
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pacholak
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry and Technical Electrochemistry, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zgoła-Grześkowiak
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Bioinformatics and Genomics, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Marczak
authors.affiliation: NanoBioMedical Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; Department of Physical Chemistry and Physicochemical Basis of Environmental Engineering Institute of Environmental Engineering Off-Campus Faculty of Low and Social Sciences in Stalowa Wola Catholic University of Lublin, Kwiatkowskiego 3A, 37-450 Stalowa Wola, Poland.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jarzębski
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965 Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: ewa.kaczorek@put.poznan.pl.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaczorek
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010316:Particle Size; D010539:Permeability; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000187:drug effects; D029750:Saponaria / Q000737:chemistry*; D012503:Saponins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012987:Soil; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013499:Surface Properties; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012503:Saponins; D012987:Soil; D013501:Surface-Active Agents
keywords: Biodegradation; Hydrophobicity; Saponaria officinalis L.; Surfactant