Production of biosurfactants from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA 1 isolated in oil environments

AUTOR(ES)

Santa Anna, L.M., Sebastian, G.V., Menezes, E.P., Alves, T.L.M., Santos, A.S., Pereira Jr., N., Freire, D.M.G.

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2002-04

RESUMO

The potential production of rhamnolipid-type biosurfactants is assessed based on the development of a fermentative process with a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA1, which was isolated from oil production wastewater in the Northeast of Brazil. These production of molecules using different carbon (n-hexadecane, paraffinic oil, glycerol and babassu oil) and nitrogen sources (NaNO3, (NH4)2SO4 and CH4N2O) was studied. The best results were obtained when using glycerol as substrate. A C/N ratio of 60/1 and use of sodium nitrate as nitrogen source resulted in higher production of the rhamnolipid, expressed by rhamnose (3.16 g/L) and by the yield in relation to biomass (Yp/x = 0.70 g/g). Additionally, physical-chemical characteristics of the spent broth with and without cells were studied, providing a low critical micelle concentration of 19 mg/L and toxicity values of 13 and 13.8 mg/L using two test organisms, the micro crustacean Daphnia similis and the bacterium Vibrio fisheri (Microtox), respectively.

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