Research Article
Phylogenetic Framework and Biosurfactant Gene Expression Analysis of Marine Bacillus spp. of Eastern Coastal Plain of Tamil Nadu
Table 4
Chemical composition of biosurfactants obtained from marine isolates.
| Marine isolates | Lipid content (µg/mL) | Protein content (µg/mL) | Carbohydrate content (µg/mL) | Haemolytic activity | Antimicrobial activity | Ionic character |
| Microsurf-1 | 17.5 | 103.3 | 8.61 | Nonhaemolytic | No activity | Nonionic | Microsurf-2 | 7.59 | 80.28 | 2.65 | Nonhaemolytic | No activity | Nonionic | Microsurf-3 | 69.1 | 16.73 | 0.72 | Nonhaemolytic | No activity | Nonionic | Microsurf-4 | 17.78 | 20.55 | 7.19 | Nonhaemolytic | No activity | Nonionic | Microsurf-5 | 9.7 | 5.39 | 0.235 | Nonhaemolytic | No activity | Nonionic | Standard (surfactin) | — | — | — | Haemolytic | Broad spectrum | Anionic |
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