Did you already wonder why Starmerella bombicola produces sophorolipids?

The yeast Starmerella bombicola distinguishes itself from other yeasts by its potential of producing copious amounts of the secondary metabolites sophorolipids (SLs): these are glycolipid biosurfactants composed out of a(n) (acetylated) sophorose moiety and a lipid tail. Although SLs are the…

Cooperation with Norwegian University of Science and Technology results in publication in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science!

Highlights Acidic sophorolipid (ASL) has unconventional pH-dependent interfacial properties At the air-water interface, ASL molecules acquire a Π-shape and interact with one another through their carboxyl/carboxylate groups ASL renders copper sulfide hydrophilic at acidic pH and hydrophobic at neutral and…