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Evaluation and Functional Characterization of a Biosurfactant Produced by Lactobacillus plantarum CFR 2194.

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Title Evaluation and Functional Characterization
of a Biosurfactant Produced by Lactobacillus
plantarum CFR 2194.
 
Creator Madhu, A. N.
Prapulla, S. G.
 
Subject 02 Fermented foods
 
Description The study details the investigations on the ability of Lactobacillus plantarum CFR
2194, an isolate from kanjika, a rice-based ayurvedic fermented product, to produce
biosurfactant. Surfactant production, as a function of fermentation time, indicates that the
maximum production occurred at 72 h under stationary conditions. Isolation, partial purification,
and characterization of the biosurfactant produced have been carried out, and Fourier
transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectra demonstrated that biosurfactants were constituted
by protein and polysaccharide fractions, i.e., possessed the structure typical of glycoprotein,
which is affected by the medium composition and the phase of growth of the
biosurfactant-synthesizing strain. Critical micelle concentration (cmc) of the biosurfactant
was found to be 6 g l−1. The emulsification index (EI), emulsification activity (EA), and
emulsion stability (ES) values of the biosurfactant have confirmed its emulsification property.
Aqueous fractions of the produced biosurfactant exhibited a significant antimicrobial activity
against the food-borne pathogenic species: Escherichia coli ATCC 31705, E. coli MTCC 108,
Salmonella typhi, Yersinia enterocolitica MTCC 859, and Staphylococcus aureus F 722. More
importantly, the biosurfactant from L. plantarum showed antiadhesive property against above
food-borne pathogens. The results thus indicate the potential for developing strategies to
prevent microbial colonization of food contact surfaces and health-care prosthesis using these
biosurfactants.
 
Date 2014
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/11473/1/Appl%20Biochem%20%26%20Biotech_2014_172_4_1777.pdf
Madhu, A. N. and Prapulla, S. G. (2014) Evaluation and Functional Characterization of a Biosurfactant Produced by Lactobacillus plantarum CFR 2194. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 172. pp. 1777-1789. ISSN 0273-2289