Biosurfactants as versatile molecules: a new concept of product for biorefineries and for action against neglected tropical diseases phase 1: screening of yeasts, fermentative production and physicochemical characterization

• Grant number: 15/06238-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: October 01, 2015 - January 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Applied Microbiology
• Principal Investigator: Silvio Silvério da Silva
• Grantee: Silvio Silvério da Silva
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Lorena , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Carlos Augusto Rosa ; Fernando Carlos Pagnocca ; Júlio César dos Santos

Abstract

Currently, researchers have studied the viability of the use of biomass, mainly agricultural and agro-industrial by-products, in the lignocellulosic biorefineries conception. In this context, research using lignocellulosic material as feedstock have been directed to second generation ethanol production, besides the requirement for products diversification in biorefineries, aiming the consolidation of these new technological platforms.Regarding these concerns, the biosurfactants are presented as viable alternatives to a new design of products to be considered in development of these biorefineries. The biosurfactants are microbial metabolites with surface-active, emulsifiers and antimicrobial properties, presenting a large application such as use in chemical, pharmaceutical, food and oil industries, as well as in agricultural sectors. This project, that it will be performed in two phases, has as main objectives the biotechnological production of biosurfactants by yeasts, using agricultural and agro-industrial by-products as carbon source. Biosurfactants will be firstly obtained and characterized, and thus, it will be developed biopesticides and nanoparticles, aiming future application as agent against larvae as Aedes aegypti, in adittion of the treatment of neglected tropical diseases such as leishmaniosis and schistosomiosis. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MARCELINO, P. R. F.; PERES, G. F. D.; TERAN-HILARES, R.; PAGNOCCA, F. C.; ROSA, C. A.; LACERDA, T. M.; DOS SANTOS, J. C.; DA SILVA, S. S.. Biosurfactants production by yeasts using sugarcane bagasse hemicellulosic hydrolysate as new sustainable alternative for lignocellulosic biorefineries. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 129, p. 212-223, MAR 2019. (16/10636-8, 15/06238-4, 16/14852-7)

BRUMANO, LARISSA PEREIRA; FERNANDES ANTUNES, FELIPE ANTONIO; SOUTO, SARA GALENO; DOS SANTOS, JULIO CESAR; VENUS, JOACHIM; SCHNEIDER, ROLAND; DA SILVA, SILVIO SILVERIO. Biosurfactant production by Aureobasidium pullulans in stirred tank bioreactor: New approach to understand the influence of important variables in the process. Bioresource Technology, v. 243, p. 264-272, NOV 2017. (14/27055-2, 15/06238-4)

FRANCO MARCELINO, PAULO RICARDO; DA SILVA, VINICIUS LUIZ; PHILIPPINI, RAFAEL RODRIGUES; VON ZUBEN, CLAUDIO JOSE; CONTIERO, JONAS; DOS SANTOS, JULIO CESAR; DA SILVA, SILVIO SILVERIO. Biosurfactants produced by Scheffersomyces stipitis cultured in sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate as new green larvicides for the control of Aedes aegypti, a vector of neglected tropical diseases. PLoS One, v. 12, n. 11, NOV 10 2017. (15/06238-4, 16/14852-7)