US 5,344,913 A · Biosurfactant cyclopeptide compound produced by culturing a specific Arthrobacter microorganism

Abstract

A novel biosurfactant having a high surface activity, as well as a microorganism producing the surfactant is disclosed. The biosurfactant according to the present invention is represented by the formula [I]. ##STR1## The present invention also provides Arthrobacter sp. No. 38 (FERM BP-4435) which produces the biosurfactant of the formula [I].

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Dependent claims

A compound represented by the formula [I]. ##STR5##

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

08/136,261Filed 15 Oct 1993

Priority

JP 4-30313115 Oct 1992

Granted

6 Sep 1994

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

C07K 7/06
Linear peptides containing only normal peptide links: having 5 to 11 amino acids
C07K 11/02
Depsipeptides having up to 20 amino acids in a fully defined sequence; Derivatives thereof: cyclic, e.g. valinomycins ; Derivatives thereof
C12N 1/205
Bacteria; Culture media therefor: bacterial isolates
C12R 2001/06
Bacteria or Actinomycetales ; using bacteria or Actinomycetales: arthrobacter

Biosurfactant cyclopeptide compound produced by culturing a specific Arthrobacter microorganism

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Biosurfactant cyclopeptide compound produced by culturing a specific Arthrobacter microorganism

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Abstract

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