Multiple biosurfactant production by Aureobasidium pullulans strain YTP6-14 in aqueous and heavy oil layers.

Aureobasidium pullulans YTP6-14 was demonstrated to be an excellent multiple biosurfactant producer utilizing cheap carbon sources available in Thailand, including glycerol and cassava flour hydrolysate. A. pullulans YTP6-14 maximally produced 1.

Rapid colorimetric loop-mediated isothermal amplification for hypersensitive point-of-care Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin A gene detection in milk and pork products.

Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying enterotoxin A gene (sea) causes food poisoning and cannot be distinguished from non-pathogenic strains by the culture method. Here, we developed a rapid, specific and sensitive visual detection of sea using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) combined with nanogold probe (AuNP) or styryl dye (STR). LAMP-AuNP and LAMP-STR can detect as low as 9.

Production and characterization of a biosurfactant from Cyberlindnera samutprakarnensis JP52(T.).

Cyberlindnera samutprakarnensis JP52(T), isolated from cosmetic industrial wastes in Thailand, was found to be an efficient biosurfactant-producing yeast when cultured in a medium containing (2% (w/v) glucose and 2% (v/v) palm oil at 30 °C, 200 rpm for 7 d. The crude biosurfactant had the ability to reduce the surface tension from 55.7 to 30.

Two new anamorphic yeasts species, Cyberlindnera samutprakarnensis sp. nov. and Candida thasaenensis sp. nov., isolated from industrial wastes in Thailand.

Three yeast strains were isolated from industrial wastes in Thailand. Based on the phylogenetic sequence analysis of the D1/D2 region of the large subunit rRNA gene, the internal transcribed spacer (ITS1-5.8S rRNA gene-ITS2; ITS1-2) region, and their physiological characteristics, the three strains were found to represent two novel species of the ascomycetous anamorphic yeast.

Evaluation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for detecting enterotoxin A gene of Staphylococcus aureus in pork.

Staphylococcus aureus is an important food-borne pathogen of humans due to ingestion of food containing enterotoxigenic strains. We evaluated the detection of S. aureus enterotoxin A gene (sea) using a loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification (LAMP) method.

Production of sophorolipid biosurfactant by Pichia anomala.

Biosurfactant production by Pichia anomala PY1, a thermotorelant strain isolated from fermented food, was examined as grown in media containing various carbon and nitrogen sources. The optimal conditions for biosurfactant production included 4% soybean oil as carbon source at pH 5.5 at 30 degrees C for 7 d.

Detection of Escherichia coli O157: H7 vt and rfb(O157) by multiplex polymerase chain reaction.

A rapid method for detection of Escherichia coli O157: H7 using multiplex PCR was developed. Two oligonucleotide primer pairs were used for simultaneously detection of vt encoding verotoxin genes for virulence factor and rfb(O157) encoding the O-antigen specific for E. coli O157: H7.

Biosurfactant production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa A41 using palm oil as carbon source.

Biosurfactant production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa A41, a strain isolated from seawater in the gulf of Thailand, was examined when grown in defined medium containing 2% vegetable oil or fatty acid as a carbon source in the presence of vitamins, trace elements and 0.4% NH(4)NO(3), at pH 7 and 30 degrees C with 200 rpm-shaking for 7 days. The yield of biosurfactant steadily increased even after a stationary phase.

Production and characterization of biosurfactants from Bacillus licheniformis F2.2.

A biosurfactant-producing strain, Bacillus licheniformis F2.2, was isolated from a fermented food in Thailand. The strain was capable of producing a new biosurfactant, BL1193, as well as two kinds of popular lipopeptide biosurfactants, plipastatin and surfactin.

Isolation and characterization of a halotolerant Bacillus subtilis BBK-1 which produces three kinds of lipopeptides: bacillomycin L, plipastatin, and surfactin.

Twenty-three halotolerant and biosurfactant producing strains were collected from salty conditions in central Thailand. One of the strains designated BBK-1 produced the biosurfactants with the highest activity. BBK-1 was isolated from fermented foods and was identified as B.