Exploiting the aerobic endospore-forming bacterial diversity in saline and hypersaline environments for biosurfactant production.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biosurfactants are surface-active biomolecules with great applicability in the food, pharmaceutical and oil industries. Endospore-forming bacteria, which survive for long periods in harsh environments, are described as biosurfactant producers. Although the ubiquity of endospore-forming bacteria in saline and hypersaline environments is well known, studies on the diversity of the endospore-forming and biosurfactant-producing bacterial genera/species in these habitats are underrepresented.

Methods

In this study, the structure of endospore-forming bacterial communities in sediment/mud samples from Vermelha Lagoon, Massambaba, Dois Rios and Abraão Beaches (saline environments), as well as the Praia Seca salterns (hypersaline environments) was determined via denaturing

SUBMITTER: de Almeida Couto CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4625932 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature