Cerato-Platanins from Marine Fungi as Effective Protein Biosurfactants and Bioemulsifiers
Autor: | Leila Birolo, Giovanna Cristina Varese, Alessandra Piscitelli, Paola Cicatiello, Rossana Pitocchi, Paola Giardina, Elena Bovio |
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Přispěvatelé: | Pitocchi, R., Cicatiello, P., Birolo, L., Piscitelli, A., Bovio, E., Cristina Varese, G., Giardina, P. |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Aquatic Organisms hydrophobin Hydrophobin 030106 microbiology Article Catalysis foam stabilizer Fungal Proteins Inorganic Chemistry lcsh:Chemistry Surface-Active Agents 03 medical and health sciences surface tension Carbon source Amphiphile cerato-platanin Aspergillus terreus Food science Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Cellulose Molecular Biology lcsh:QH301-705.5 Spectroscopy Marine fungi biology Chemistry Organic Chemistry Fungi Cerato-platanin Trichoderma harzianum General Medicine biology.organism_classification Carbon Computer Science Applications Surface coating Petroleum 030104 developmental biology lcsh:Biology (General) lcsh:QD1-999 surface coating Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences Volume 21 Issue 8 International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 21, Iss 2913, p 2913 (2020) |
ISSN: | 1422-0067 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijms21082913 |
Popis: | Two fungal strains, Aspergillus terreus MUT 271 and Trichoderma harzianum MUT 290, isolated from a Mediterranean marine site chronically pervaded by oil spills, can use crude oil as sole carbon source. Herein, these strains were investigated as producers of biosurfactants, apt to solubilize organic molecules as a preliminary step to metabolize them. Both fungi secreted low molecular weight proteins identified as cerato-platanins, small, conserved, hydrophobic proteins, included among the fungal surface-active proteins. Both proteins were able to stabilize emulsions, and their capacity was comparable to that of other biosurfactant proteins and to commercially available surfactants. Moreover, the cerato-platanin from T. harzianum was able to lower the surface tension value to a larger extent than the similar protein from A. terreus and other amphiphilic proteins from fungi. Both cerato-platanins were able to make hydrophilic a hydrophobic surface, such as hydrophobins, and to form a stable layer, not removable even after surface washing. To the best of our knowledge, the ability of cerato-platanins to work both as biosurfactant and bioemulsifier is herein demonstrated for the first time. |
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