Glycolipid and Lipopeptide Biosurfactants: Structural Classes and Characterization-Rhamnolipids as a Model.

In recent years, biosurfactants (BS) produced by various bacteria, fungi and yeast strains have attracted much interest because of their unique properties and potential applications in many industries ranging from bioremediation to agriculture and biomedical to cosmetics. Glycolipids are a popular group of BS that include rhamnolipids, sophorolipids, mannosylerythritol, trehalose lipids, xylolipids and cellobiose lipids. Lipopeptides e.

Fungal diversity and surfactant-producing fungi in oil contaminated environments.

Aims: To investigate fungal diversity and biosurfactant-producing fungi in four oil-contaminated sites.

Methods And Results: Water and sediment samples were collected from four sites in Brittany (France), over two periods, in winter/spring and summer. Fungal diversity was investigated using a metagenetic approach targeting the ITS2 region.