Marine Biosurfactants: Biosynthesis, Structural Diversity and Biotechnological Applications
Biosurfactants are amphiphilic secondary metabolites produced by microorganisms. Marine bacteria have recently emerged as a rich source for these natural products which exhibit surface-active properties, making them useful for diverse applications such as detergents, wetting and foaming agents, solu...
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| author | Sonja Kubicki Alexander Bollinger Nadine Katzke Karl-Erich Jaeger Anita Loeschcke Stephan Thies |
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| description | Biosurfactants are amphiphilic secondary metabolites produced by microorganisms. Marine bacteria have recently emerged as a rich source for these natural products which exhibit surface-active properties, making them useful for diverse applications such as detergents, wetting and foaming agents, solubilisers, emulsifiers and dispersants. Although precise structural data are often lacking, the already available information deduced from biochemical analyses and genome sequences of marine microbes indicates a high structural diversity including a broad spectrum of fatty acid derivatives, lipoamino acids, lipopeptides and glycolipids. This review aims to summarise biosyntheses and structures with an emphasis on low molecular weight biosurfactants produced by marine microorganisms and describes various biotechnological applications with special emphasis on their role in the bioremediation of oil-contaminated environments. Furthermore, novel exploitation strategies are suggested in an attempt to extend the existing biosurfactant portfolio. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4d08fb96835247949e0206d0162670862022-12-22T02:22:02ZengMDPI AGMarine Drugs1660-33972019-07-0117740810.3390/md17070408md17070408Marine Biosurfactants: Biosynthesis, Structural Diversity and Biotechnological ApplicationsSonja Kubicki0Alexander Bollinger1Nadine Katzke2Karl-Erich Jaeger3Anita Loeschcke4Stephan Thies5Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, GermanyInstitute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, GermanyInstitute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, GermanyInstitute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, GermanyInstitute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, GermanyInstitute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, GermanyBiosurfactants are amphiphilic secondary metabolites produced by microorganisms. Marine bacteria have recently emerged as a rich source for these natural products which exhibit surface-active properties, making them useful for diverse applications such as detergents, wetting and foaming agents, solubilisers, emulsifiers and dispersants. Although precise structural data are often lacking, the already available information deduced from biochemical analyses and genome sequences of marine microbes indicates a high structural diversity including a broad spectrum of fatty acid derivatives, lipoamino acids, lipopeptides and glycolipids. This review aims to summarise biosyntheses and structures with an emphasis on low molecular weight biosurfactants produced by marine microorganisms and describes various biotechnological applications with special emphasis on their role in the bioremediation of oil-contaminated environments. Furthermore, novel exploitation strategies are suggested in an attempt to extend the existing biosurfactant portfolio.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/17/7/408marine biosurfactantsstructural diversityglycolipidslipopeptidesoil degradationbiotechnological applicationbiosynthetic mechanismsheterologous expressionsynthetic biology |
| spellingShingle | Sonja Kubicki Alexander Bollinger Nadine Katzke Karl-Erich Jaeger Anita Loeschcke Stephan Thies Marine Biosurfactants: Biosynthesis, Structural Diversity and Biotechnological Applications Marine Drugs marine biosurfactants structural diversity glycolipids lipopeptides oil degradation biotechnological application biosynthetic mechanisms heterologous expression synthetic biology |
| title | Marine Biosurfactants: Biosynthesis, Structural Diversity and Biotechnological Applications |
| title_full | Marine Biosurfactants: Biosynthesis, Structural Diversity and Biotechnological Applications |
| title_fullStr | Marine Biosurfactants: Biosynthesis, Structural Diversity and Biotechnological Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Marine Biosurfactants: Biosynthesis, Structural Diversity and Biotechnological Applications |
| title_short | Marine Biosurfactants: Biosynthesis, Structural Diversity and Biotechnological Applications |
| title_sort | marine biosurfactants biosynthesis structural diversity and biotechnological applications |
| topic | marine biosurfactants structural diversity glycolipids lipopeptides oil degradation biotechnological application biosynthetic mechanisms heterologous expression synthetic biology |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/17/7/408 |
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