Environmental fate, toxicity, characteristics and potential applications of novel bioemulsifiers produced by Variovorax paradoxus 7bCT5

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• 作者：Andrea Franzetti^a ; Isabella Gandolfi^a ; Chiara Raimondi^a ; Giuseppina Bestetti^a ; Ibrahim M. Banat^b ; ^{im.banat@ulster.ac.uk} ; Thomas J. Smyth^b ; Maddalena Papacchini^c ; Massimo Cavallo^d ; Letizia Fracchia^d
• 关键词：Biosurfactant ; Bioemulsifiers ; Crude oil ; Environmental sustainability
• 刊名：Bioresource Technology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：11_09608524
• 类别：ce
• 出版时间：March, 2012
• 卷：108
• 期：Complete
• 页码：245-251
• 文件大小：432 K

摘要

The aims of this work were the characterisation and the evaluation of potential environmental applications of the bioemulsifiers produced by Variovorax paradoxus 7bCT5. V. paradoxus 7bCT5 produces a mixture of high molecular weight polysaccharides. The extracellular bioemulsifiers were able to produce a thick stable oil/water emulsion and maintained the emulsification activity after boiling and at low temperatures. Environmental behavior and impact of bioemulsifiers release were assessed by evaluating biodegradability, toxicity and soil sorption. Respirometric tests showed that moderate biodegradability occurred by soil bacterial inoculum. Furthermore, the produced compounds did not show any toxic properties through different ecotoxicological tests. The K_d values ranged from 1.3 to 7.3 L/kg indicating a high sorption affinity of the bioemulsifier molecules to soil particles. The soil sorption affinity likely affected the bioemulsifier ability to remove hydrocarbons from contaminated soils. In fact, V. paradoxus 7bCT5 bioemulsifiers significantly increased the removal of crude-oil from sandy soil compared to water.