Statistical optimization of medium components for biosurfactant production by D30.

Biosurfactant production by D30 was reported using mineral oil in submerged condition. Twelve medium components were tested at two levels by Plackett-Burman design, among them, mineral oil, yeast extract, peptone, MgSO, and CaCl found significant on the basis of emulsification index. These five significant components were further optimized through central composite design (CCD). The experimental design was successfully used for regression analysis and the significant model suggested the solution of 10% () mineral oil, 3.0 g/L () yeast extract and 0.2 g/L () peptone for 13.14 g/L predicted biosurfactant production. We kept the suggested concentrations of medium components and got 13.34 ± 0.08 g/L biosurfactant production, which is almost double the conventional one-factor-at-a-time production (7.126 ± 0.12 g/L). It reduced the surface tension of the medium up to 28 ± 1.2 mN/m. We found ethyl acetate a suitable solvent for biosurfactant extraction amongst methanol, chloroform, and methanol:chloroform. The partially purified biosurfactant was chemically characterized as lipopeptide by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR).