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- Title
Biosurfactant Production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa SNP0614 and its Effect on Biodegradation of Petroleum.
- Authors
Liu, W. J.; Duan, X. D.; Wu, L. P.; Masakorala, K.
- Abstract
An efficient biosurfactant-producing strain was isolated and cultured from Dagang oil field (China) using crude oil as sole source of carbon. Based on partial sequenced 16S rDNA analysis, the isolated strain was identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa SNP0614. The bacterium P. aeruginosa SNP0614 produced a type of biosurfactant with excessive foam-forming properties. After microbial cultivation at 37°C and 150 rpm for 12 h, the produced biosurfactant was found to reduce the surface tension to 25.4 mN/m with critical micelle concentration (CMC) of 45.0 mg/L. After 20 days of incubation, the biosurfactant exhibited 90% emulsification activity (E24) on crude oil. FTIR spectroscopy of extracted biosurfactant indicated the biosurfactant as lipopeptide. The significant synergistic effect between P. aeruginosa SNP0614 and the mixed oildegrading bacteria resulted in increasing n-alkanes degradation rate by 30%. The strain P. aeruginosa SNP0614 represented as a promising biosurfactant producer and could be applied in a variety of biotechnological and industrial processes, particularly in microbial enhanced oil recovery and the bioremediation of oil pollution.
- Subjects
BIOSURFACTANTS; PSEUDOMONAS aeruginosa; BIODEGRADATION; PETROLEUM; DNA analysis
- Publication
Applied Biochemistry & Microbiology, 2018, Vol 54, Issue 2, p155
- ISSN
0003-6838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0003683818020060