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Table 5 Biosurfactants produced by some microorganisms

From: Application of bioremediation technology in the environment contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbon

Microorganism

Biosurfactant

Reference

Candida bombicola

Sophorolipids

Daverey and Pakshirajan 2009

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Rhamnolipids

Kumar et al. 2008

Candida tropicalis

Lipomannan

Muthuswamy et al. 2008

Pseudomonas fluorescens

Rhamnolipids

Mahmound et al. 2008

Bacillus subtilis

Surfactin

Youssef et al. 2007

Aeromonas sp.

Glycolipid

Ilori et al. 2005

Bacillus sp.

Glycolipid

Tabatabaee et al. 2005