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Table 4 Comparison of the approximate quantities of each rhamnolipid group and the total rhamnolipid production profile by P. aeruginosa ST5 grown in mineral salt medium supplemented with different substrates as sole carbon sources

From: Variants of lipopeptides and glycolipids produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa cultured in different carbon substrates

Carbon substrate

Rhamnolipid groups (mg L−1)

Totala rhamnolipid mg L−1 culture

dRL3

dRL2

dRL1

mRL3

mRL2

mRL1

Diesel

0

38 ± 34

0

0

18 ± 15

0

56 ± 49

Kerosene

19 ± 1.2

38 ± 9.7

0

7.4 ± 13

40 ± 3.3

0.01 ± 0.0

104 ± 6.8

Sunflower oil

16 ± 3.2

25 ± 3.6

35 ± 0.5

16 ± 13

27 ± 4.3

0.5 ± 0.5

119 ± 37

Fructose

40 ± 9.5

57 ± 6.7

15 ± 26

17 ± 15

43 ± 8.7

26 ± 4.4

199 ± 57

Glucose

68 ± 32

66 ± 25

20 ± 34

43 ± 18

75 ± 34

36 ± 21

307 ± 147

Glycerol

63 ± 49

60 ± 38

16 ± 28

39 ± 37

71 ± 40

18 ± 16

267 ± 202

Sucrose

10 ± 9.9

21 ± 6.7

5.8 ± 10

7.1 ± 12

28 ± 12

0

72 ± 50

RL Standard

224.4

176

99.2

316.8

142.9

40.7

1000a

  1. Each value represents the average of three culture extracts with standard error of the mean (SEM)
  2. aApproximate values relative to detected signal in 1.00 mg L−1 rhamnolipid standard