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Marisurf Press release and relevant articles

A Marisurf press release was issued on April 21 https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2021/marine-alternatives-for-petrochemicals-in.htm summarising progress with the project.

The Euresearcher magazine  published an article which focussed on the Marisurf end user perspective and their requirements for novel biosurfactants  and  is available via  https://issuu.com/euresearcher/docs/digital_magazine_eur26 and directly on the website http://www.euresearcher.com/14/eu-research-live, where you can view the  article on page 44.

 

The Project Repository Journal published an overview […]

20 May 2021|

Marisurf Related Publications

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Title Authors Title of the Journal/Proc./Book Number, date or freq. of the Journal/Proc./Book DOI
Enhanced rhamnolipid production in Burkholderia thailandensis transposon knockout strains deficient in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthesis Scott J. Funston, Konstantina Tsaousi, Thomas J. Smyth, Matthew S. Twigg, Roger Marchant, Ibrahim […]

20 May 2021|

End of Project report

The project was extended until end February 2021 due to COVID working restrictions in 2020 .  This allowed the 3 Marisurf end users – Nanoimmunotech, Marlow Foods and APIVITA – to do further testing on the most promising strain ( partially replacing some of the surfactants /emulsifiers they currently  use with the Marisurf alternative) . […]

20 April 2021|

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 […]

6 February 2020|

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)

29 October 2019|

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.

29 October 2019|

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

24 October 2019|

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 […]

24 October 2019|

Public dissemination- Edinburgh International Science festival – family fun day 13th April 2019

egg mayoThe 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 […]

24 April 2019|

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 […]

24 April 2019|