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The production of biosurfactant by Pseudomonas aeruginosa TGC01 using crude glycerol and sodium nitrate as the sole substrate and nitrogen source, respectively, was investigated using two mineral culture media. Two inoculum sizes (5 and 10% v/v) and two volumes of the culture medium (50 and 100 mL) in 500 mL Erlenmeyer flask also were used. Enzymatic hydrolyses of waste office paper (WOP), newspaper (NP) and eucalyptus wood chips (EWC) were carried out using the biosurfactant from P. aeruginosa TGC01. The decrease in volume of the culture medium increased the production of rhamnolipid by 500% in relation to concentration obtained when higher volume of culture medium was used. High quantity biosurfactant was recovered (11 g/L) with desired surface active properties after extraction using chloroform:methanol (v/v). The biosurfactant was able to reduce the water surface tension from 72 to 27 mN/m with a critical micelle concentration (CMC) of 100 mg/L and a stable emulsion index (above 60%) in the enzymatic hydrolysis (pH 4.8 and 50 °C for 4 h). Biosurfactant increased the glucose released in the enzymatic hydrolysis in relation to control (without tensoactive) when WOP (19% increase) and NP (113% increase) were used. The process for NP (18% lignin) was economical, given that the biosurfactant present made a delignification process unnecessary.
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The authors acknowledge financial support from the Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE), Recife, PE, Brazil and the America Biomass Technologies (Dr. Henrique Baudel), São Paulo, Brazil for donation of the eucalyptus wood chips. The English text of this paper was revised by Sidney Pratt, Canadian, MAT (The Johns Hopkins University), RSAdip—TESL (Cambridge University).
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Bezerra, K.G.O., Gomes, U.V.R., Silva, R.O. et al. The potential application of biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa TGC01 using crude glycerol on the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material. Biodegradation 30, 351–361 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-019-09883-w
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