Production and characterisation of a marine Halomonas surface-active exopolymer
Abstract
During screening for novel emulsifiers and surfactants, a marine gammaproteobacterium, Halomonas sp. MCTG39a, was isolated and selected for its production of an extracellular emulsifying agent, P39a. This polymer was produced by the new isolate during growth in a modified Zobell’s 2216 medium amended with 1% glucose, and […]
84th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) Greece, September 7-15 2019
Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) , one of the Marisurf partners, exhibited in AKADEMIA – an education-research-innovation section of the Thessaloniki International Fair. Information on Marisurf was presented and the exhibition attracts 283,000 visitors and 1,500 exhibitors from all over the world. https://www.alexpolisonline.com/2019/09/duth-tif.html#.XZOlune8yoA.viber (local news website)
Marine microbial surfactants: searching for needles in a haystack
Marine microbial surfactants: searching for needles in a haystack
Gutierrez, T. (2019) EC Microbiology, 15: 239-241.
Biosynthesis of rhamnolipid by a Marinobacter species expands the paradigm of biosurfactant synthesis to a new genus of the marine microflora
Biosynthesis of rhamnolipid by a Marinobacter species expands the paradigm of biosurfactant synthesis to a new genus of the marine microflora
Tripathi et al. Microb Cell Fact (2019) 18:164 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-019-1216-8
End of year 4 update
In the fourth year (Sep 18 to Aug 19), BBEPP has been developing an efficient process for polymer production, From the 4 promising strains ( 2 biosurfactants & 2 bioemulsifiers), yield was an issue for 2 of the strains and this has meant that production at BBEPP has now been concentrated on 2 strains with […]
Public dissemination- Edinburgh International Science festival – family fun day 13th April 2019
The Marisurf team took part in the Edinburgh International Science festival family fun day at Heriot Watt university on 13th April 2019. They put on a series of experiment highlighting the use of emulsifiers and gelling agents in every day life from hand creams to […]
End of year 3 update
During the first 36 months, the MARISURF team has screened more than 500 marine bacteria strains for surfactant / emulsifying activity. The industrial end users have identified the desirable properties for the bio-surfactants & 79 have been identified with promising properties that could potentially replace the current mainly petroleum-based, chemical products. LEITAT & ULSTER have […]
Marine Derived Biosurfactants: A Vast Potential Future Resource
Marine derived biosurfactants: a vast potential future resource
Biotechnology letters D, Volume 40, Issue 11–12, pp 1441–1457
Identification and characterisation of short chain rhamnolipid production in a previously uninvestigated, non-pathogenic marine pseudomonad
Matthew S. Twigg & L. Tripathi & A. Zompra & K. Salek & V. U. Irorere & T. Gutierrez & G. A. Spyroulias & R. Marchant & I. M. Banat
Received: 16 May 2018 /Revised: 25 June 2018 /Accepted: 26 June […]