한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
- 2001.11a
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- Pages.294-297
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- 2001
Antimicrobial activity of sophorolipid biosurfactant
Abstract
Sophorolipid, a biosurfactant produced from Candida bombicola ATCC 22214. showed antimicrobial activity against Bacillus subtilis. Staphylococcus xylosus, Streptococcus mutans, and Propionibacterium acne at 4, 1, 1, 0.5 ppm as MIC(minimum inhibitory concentration). Also 100ppm of sophorolipid inhibited 50% of cell growth of plant pathogenic fungus. Botrytis cinerea. However, sophorolipid showed no effect on the Escherichia coli, indicating its selective antimicrobial activity depending on the cell wall structure. Treatment of B. subtilis with sophorolipid increased the leakage of intracellular enzyme, malate dehydrogenase, indicating the possible interaction of sophorolipid with cellular membrane. Between lactone-type and acid-type sophorolipid, the former showed higher antimicrobial activity.
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