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Lichenysin production and application in the pharmaceutical field
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Lipopeptides such as lichenysin are biosurfactants of great interest, due to the demand for natural surface-active agents with low toxicity. Bacillus licheniformis AL 1.1 produces a lipopeptide characterized as lichenysin (LchAL1.1), which acts as a powerful surfactant, able to reduce surface tension to 28.5 mN m-1 and with a critical micelle concentration of 15 mg L-1. LchAL1.1 is particularly effective in preventing biofilm formation by pathogenic strains, has an emulsifying capacity and permeabilizes membranes by a colloid-osmotic process. The production of lipopeptides from agro-industrial residues, particularly molasses, is a sustainable process of great potential for the development of economic bioprocesses.
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CORONEL LEÓN, Jonathan, MANRESA PRESAS, Ma. Ángeles (María Ángeles) and MARQUÉS VILLAVECCHIA, Ana M. Lichenysin production and application in the pharmaceutical field. Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences VI. 2016. Vol. Editors: Diego Muñoz Torrero, num. Ángeles Manresa Presas, pags. 147-163. [consulted: 8 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/104173