Strategy for sustainable biosurfactant production by mucor circinelloides UCP0017
Keywords:
sustainable production, biosurfactant, mucor circinelloides UCP0017Abstract
Surfactants are molecules with amphipathic structures, that is, one polar extreme (hydrophilic) and the other nonpolar (hydrophobic), possessing a high capacity to reduce surface tension, emulsification production and wetting (PELE et al., 2019; BIONE, 2019). Its origin can be chemical usually derived from petroleum, being compounds that easily harm the environment making it difficult to remove it (BIONE, 2019; GAYATHIRI et al., 2022). As they can also be natural, through microorganisms such as bacteria, filamentous fungi and yeasts or are biodegradable and of low toxicity, not harming the environment or human health. (RULLI et al., 2019; CÂNDIDO et al., 2022). Therefore, the present study aims to seek the optimization of the production of biosurfactant becoming a more advantageous alternative because they use renewable substrates in their composition, and because their "green" properties do not harm the environment, besides being biodegradable, thus improving their cost-benefit, aiming at new opportunities for applications in the food, agricultural, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries (MARQUES et al., 2020; GAYATHIRI et al., 2022; MULLIGAN, 2023).The main responsible for the production of biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers are bacteria, followed by yeasts and finally filamentous fungi because they have a potential for the production of secondary metabolites and a high value of biomass, however, studies with filamentous fungi are little explored (SAŁEK & EUSTON, 2019; DERGUINE-MECHERI; KEBBOUCHE-GANA; DJENANE, 2021). According to Geethanjali et al., (2020) and Marques et al., (2020) the species Mucor circinelloides, of the phylum Mucoromycota, order Mucorales, presents a high biotechnological potential in the production of biomolecules of industrial interest, as well as biosurfactant. In this sense, the research proposed to study the performance of biosurfactant production through the filamentous fungus Mucor circinelloides UCP 0017 using alternative substrates (MARQUES et al., 2020; RADHA et al., 2020).
