NOVEL, SUSTAINABLE MARINE BIO-SURFACTANT / BIO-EMULSIFIERS FOR COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION

Project Information

MARISURF

Grant agreement ID: 635340

DOI 10.3030/635340

Project closed

EC signature date 18 February 2015

Start date 1 September 2015

End date 28 February 2021

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 4 749 647,50

EU contribution € 4 749 647,50

Coordinated by

HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY
United Kingdom

Deliverables

Other (3)

Organization of virtual workshop

Organization of virtual workshop

Organization of workshop at 12 months

Organization of a dedicated workshop for the bi-annual consortium meeting at 12 months

Organization of workshop at 36 months

Organization of a dedicated workshop for bi-annual consortium meeting at 36 months

Documents, reports (6)

Second report on public engagement activities

Report on the public engagement activities

Forth report on dissemination by peer-reviewed publications

Report on the dissemination of project results by scientific peerreviewed publications

First report on dissemination by peer-reviewed publications

Report on the dissemination of project results by scientific peer-reviewed publications

Second report on dissemination by peer-reviewed publications

Report on the dissemination of project results by scientific peer-reviewed publications

First report on public engagement activities

Report on the public engagement activities

Third report on dissemination by peer-reviewed publications

Report on the dissemination of project results by scientific peer-reviewed publications

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

MARISURF website

Construction of a dedicated MARISURF website

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Production and characterisation of a marine Halomonas surface-active exopolymer

Author(s): Tony Gutierrez, Gordon Morris, Dave Ellis, Barbara Mulloy, Michael D. Aitken
Published in: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Issue 104/3, 2020, Page(s) 1063-1076, ISSN 0175-7598
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10270-x

Marine-Derived Surface Active Agents: Health-Promoting Properties and Blue Biotechnology-Based Applications

Author(s): Ioannis Anestopoulos, Despina-Evgenia Kiousi, Ariel Klavaris, Monica Maijo, Annabel Serpico, Alba Suarez, Guiomar Sanchez, Karina Salek, Stylliani A. Chasapi, Aikaterini A. Zompra, Alex Galanis, Georgios A. Spyroulias, Lourdes Gombau, Stephen R. Euston, Aglaia Pappa, Mihalis I. Panayiotidis
Published in: Biomolecules, Issue 10/6, 2020, Page(s) 885, ISSN 2218-273X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom10060885

Microbial biosurfactant research: time to improve the rigour in the reporting of synthesis, functional characterization and process development

Author(s): Matthew Simon Twigg, Niki Baccile, Ibrahim M. Banat, Eric Déziel, Roger Marchant, Sophie Roelants, Inge N. A. Van Bogaert
Published in: Microbial Biotechnology, Issue 14/1, 2021, Page(s) 147-170, ISSN 1751-7915
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13704

Phase Behaviour, Functionality, and PhysicochemicalCharacteristics of Glycolipid Surfactants of Microbial Origin

Author(s): Salek, K, Euston, SR & Janek, T
Published in: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Issue 22964185, 2022, ISSN 2296-4185
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.816613

Biosurfactants and Their Applications in the Oil and Gas Industry: Current State of Knowledge and Future Perspectives

Author(s): Christina Nikolova, Tony Gutierrez
Published in: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Issue 9, 2021, ISSN 2296-4185
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.626639

Multi-method biophysical analysis in discovery, identification, and in-depth characterization of surface‐active compounds

Author(s): Aikaterini A. Zompra1*†, Styliani A. Chasapi1†, Matthew S. Twigg2, Karina Salek3, Ioannis Anestopoulos4, Alex Galanis4, Aglaia Pappa4, Tony Gutierrez3, Ibrahim M. Banat2, Roger Marchant2, Stephen R. Euston5,6*, Mihalis I. Panayiotidis7* and Georgios A. Spyroulias1*
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 22967745, 2022, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1023287

Biosynthesis of rhamnolipid by a Marinobacter species expands the paradigm of biosurfactant synthesis to a new genus of the marine microflora

Author(s): Lakshmi Tripathi, Matthew S. Twigg, Aikaterini Zompra, Karina Salek, Victor U. Irorere, Tony Gutierrez, Georgios A. Spyroulias, Roger Marchant, Ibrahim M. Banat
Published in: Microbial Cell Factories, Issue 18/1, 2019, ISSN 1475-2859
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1216-8

Toxicity Profiling of Biosurfactants Produced by Novel MarineBacterial Strains

Author(s): Georgia-Persephoni Voulgaridou, Theodora Mantso ,Ioannis Anestopoulos, Ariel Klavaris ,Christina Katzastra, Despoina-Eugenia Kiousi, Marini Mantela ,Alex Galanis ,Konstantinos Gardikis ,Ibrahim M. Banat, Tony Gutierrez, Karina Sałek ,Stephen Euston, Mihalis I. Panayiotidis and Aglaia Pappa
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue Volume 22 issue 5, 2021, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052383

The heat stability of Rhamnolipid containing egg-protein stabilised oil-in-water emulsions

Author(s): Catherine Russell, Aikaterini A. Zompra, Georgios A. Spyroulias, Karina Salek, Stephen R. Euston
Published in: Food Hydrocolloids, Issue 116, 2021, Page(s) 106632, ISSN 0268-005X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2021.106632

Molecular simulation of biosurfactants with relevance to food systems

Author(s): Stephen R. Euston
Published in: Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, Issue 28, 2017, Page(s) 110-119, ISSN 1359-0294
Publisher: Pergamon Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2017.04.002

Genome Sequence of Roseovarius sp. Strain MCTG156(2b) Isolated from a Phytoplankton Net Trawl on the Scottish West Coast

Author(s): Tony Gutierrez, William B. Whitman, Marcel Huntemann, Alex Copeland, Amy Chen, Neha Vargese, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Manoj Pillay, Natalia Ivanova, Natalia Mikhailova, Supratim Mukherjee, Dimitrios Stamatis, T. B. K. Reddy, Chew Yee Ngan, Mansi Chovatia, Chris Daum, Nicole Shapiro, Tanja Woyke
Published in: Genome Announcements, Issue 5/35, 2017, ISSN 2169-8287
Publisher: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00837-17

Microbial rhamnolipid production: a critical re-evaluation of published data and suggested future publication criteria

Author(s): Victor U. Irorere, Lakshmi Tripathi, Roger Marchant, Stephen McClean, Ibrahim M. Banat
Published in: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Issue 101/10, 2017, Page(s) 3941-3951, ISSN 0175-7598
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8262-0

Enhanced rhamnolipid production in Burkholderia thailandensis transposon knockout strains deficient in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthesis

Author(s): Scott J. Funston, Konstantina Tsaousi, Thomas J. Smyth, Matthew S. Twigg, Roger Marchant, Ibrahim M. Banat
Published in: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Issue 101/23-24, 2017, Page(s) 8443-8454, ISSN 0175-7598
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8540-x

Marine derived biosurfactants: a vast potential future resource

Author(s): Lakshmi Tripathi, Victor U. Irorere, Roger Marchant, Ibrahim M. Banat
Published in: Biotechnology Letters, 2018, ISSN 0141-5492
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-018-2602-8

Identification and characterisation of short chain rhamnolipid production in a previously uninvestigated, non-pathogenic marine pseudomonad

Author(s): Matthew S. Twigg, L. Tripathi, A. Zompra, K. Salek, V. U. Irorere, T. Gutierrez, G. A. Spyroulias, R. Marchant, I. M. Banat
Published in: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2018, ISSN 0175-7598
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9202-3

Hydrocarbon-degradation and MOS-formation capabilities of the dominant bacteria enriched in sea surface oil slicks during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Author(s): Tony Gutierrez, Gordon Morris, Dave Ellis, Bernard Bowler, Martin Jones, Karina Salek, Barbara Mulloy, Andreas Teske
Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin, Issue 135, 2018, Page(s) 205-215, ISSN 0025-326X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.027

Congener-dependent conformations of isolated rhamnolipids at the vacuum-water interface: A molecular dynamics simulation

Author(s): Stephen R. Euston, Ibrahim M. Banat, Karina Salek
Published in: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Issue 585, 2021, Page(s) 148-157, ISSN 0021-9797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.11.082

Surface Active Agents and Their Health-Promoting Properties: Molecules of Multifunctional Significance

Author(s): Ioannis Anestopoulos, Despoina Eugenia Kiousi, Ariel Klavaris, Alex Galanis, Karina Salek, Stephen R. Euston, Aglaia Pappa, Mihalis I. Panayiotidis
Published in: Pharmaceutics, Issue 12/7, 2020, Page(s) 688, ISSN 1999-4923
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070688

Non-peer reviewed articles (2)

Promoting the development of natural surface agents

Author(s): S Euston, T Gutierrez, S Roelants, K. Gardikis, A Muyiwa, JM Abad
Published in: EU Research, Issue Spring 21, 2021, Page(s) 44-45, ISSN 2752-4736
Publisher: Blazon

Toward discovery and development of novel marine microbial surface active agents for commercial applications

Author(s): S Euston, T Gutierrez, JM Abad, M Akintoye, I Banat, K Gardikis, L Gombau, M Magagnini, M Panagiotidis, A Pappa, S Roelants, G Spyroulias, F Longhini
Published in: The Project Repository, Issue Volume 8 Jan 21, 2021, Page(s) 98-101, ISSN 2632-4067
Publisher: EDMA

Other (1)

Marine life offers green alternative to petroleum products

Author(s): S. R. Euston
Published in: The Times, 2021
Publisher: The times

Conference proceedings (1)

Surfactants from the sea: rhamnolipid production by marine bacteria

Author(s): Matthew Twigg, Lakshmi Tripathi, Katerina Zompra, Karina Salek, Victor Irorere, Tony Gutierrez, Georgios Spyroulias, Roger Marchant, Ibrahim Banat
Published in: Access Microbiology, Issue 1/1A, 2019, ISSN 2516-8290
Publisher: Microbiology society
DOI: 10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0066