Biosurfactant Production by Bacillus tequilensis?ZSB10: Structural Characterization,Physicochemical, and Antifungal Properties |
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Authors: | S Cortés-Camargo PE Acuña-Avila D Arrieta-Báez B Montañez-Barragán AI Morato JL Sanz-Martín BE Barragán-Huerta |
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Affiliation: | 1. Universidad Tecnológica de Zinacantepec, Av. Libramiento Universidad 106, Col. San Bartolo el Llano, Zinacantepec, Estado de México, 51361 Mexico;2. Instituto Politécnico Nacional—CNMN, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Col. Zacatenco, Ciudad de México, 07738 Mexico;3. Departamento de Ingeniería en Sistemas Ambientales, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos, Ciudad de México, 07738 Mexico;4. Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Edificio de Biológicas C-014/021. c/ Darwin 2, Madrid, 28049 Spain |
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Abstract: | A new biosurfactant was obtained from a moderately halophilic bacterium identified as Bacillus tequilensis ZSB10 that was isolated from a saline water pond located in Tehuacan-Cuicatlan valley, Mexico. A kinetic analysis of the bacterial growth of the ZSB10 strain showed a maximum growth at 24 h regardless of the initial pH (5, 7.4, and 9). The best results were found at pH = 7.4 in terms of bacterial growth, besides which the produced biosurfactant showed emulsifying and surfactant properties with an emulsification index (E24) and surface tension change (ΔST) of 54 ± 0% and 26 mN m?1, respectively. Extracted ZSB10 crude biosurfactant had a yield of 106 ± 6 mg L?1, an E24 = 58.4 ± 0.2%, and a ΔST = 26 mN m?1 with a critical micelle concentration (CMC) of 44.82 mg L?1. Also, its structure was characterized by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a surfactin, iturin A, and fengycin mixture whose main isoform was leu/ile-7 C15 surfactin M + Na]+. Finally, the ZSB10 crude biosurfactant showed antifungal activity against Helminthosporium sp., with a 79.3% growth inhibition and an IC50 of 1.37 mg per disc. Therefore, this biosurfactant could be used as biopesticide. |
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Keywords: | Bacillus tequilensis Surfactin Iturin Emulsifying properties Surfactant properties Antifungal properties |
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