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Recovery of Rhodococcus biosurfactants using methyl tertiary-butyl ether extraction. 2001

M S Kuyukina, and I B Ivshina, and J C Philp, and N Christofi, and S A Dunbar, and M I Ritchkova
Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 12 Golev Street, 614081, Perm, Russia.

In the present study, we proposed methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) as a solvent for extraction of biosurfactants from Rhodococcus bacterial cultures. After comparison with other well known solvent systems used for biosurfactant extraction, it was found that MTBE was able to extract crude surfactant material with high product recovery (10 g/l), efficiency (critical micelle concentration (CMC), 130-170 mg/l) and good functional surfactant characteristics (surface and interfacial tensions, 29 and 0.9 mN/m, respectively). The isolated surfactant complex contained 10% polar lipids, mostly glycolipids possessing maximal surface activity. Ultrasonic treatment of the extraction mixture increased the proportion of polar lipids in crude extract, resulting in increasing surfactant efficiency. Due to certain characteristics of MTBE, such as relatively low toxicity, biodegradability, ease of downstream recovery, low flammability and explosion safety, the use of this solvent as an extraction agent in industrial scale biosurfactant production is feasible.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008738 Methyl Ethers A group of compounds that contain the general formula R-OCH3. Ethers, Methyl
D006017 Glycolipids Any compound containing one or more monosaccharide residues bound by a glycosidic linkage to a hydrophobic moiety such as an acylglycerol (see GLYCERIDES), a sphingoid, a ceramide (CERAMIDES) (N-acylsphingoid) or a prenyl phosphate. (From IUPAC's webpage) Glycolipid
D012240 Rhodococcus A bacterial genus of the order ACTINOMYCETALES.
D012997 Solvents Liquids that dissolve other substances (solutes), generally solids, without any change in chemical composition, as, water containing sugar. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Solvent
D013501 Surface-Active Agents Agents that modify interfacial tension of water; usually substances that have one lipophilic and one hydrophilic group in the molecule; includes soaps, detergents, emulsifiers, dispersing and wetting agents, and several groups of antiseptics. Surface Active Agent,Surface-Active Agent,Surfactant,Surfactants,Tenside,Amphiphilic Agents,Surface Active Agents,Tensides,Active Agent, Surface,Active Agents, Surface,Agent, Surface Active,Agent, Surface-Active,Agents, Amphiphilic,Agents, Surface Active,Agents, Surface-Active

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