List of microbial strains using dairy waste as carbon source for biosurfactant production.

Sr. no.	Microorganism	Substrate	Biosurfactant type	Reference
1	Pseudomonas aeruginosa BS2	Distillery and curd whey waste	Rhamnolipids	87
2	Cryptococcus curvatus ATCC 20509 and Candida bombicola ATCC 22214	Deproteinized whey	Sophorolipids	88
3	Candida bombicola ATCC 22214	Dairy waste water	Sophorolipids	89
4	Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain SR17	Paneer whey	Rhamnolipids	90
5	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Cheese whey or olive oil mill wastewater	Rhamnolipids	91
6	Pseudomonas aeruginosa B189	Milk factory wastewater	Rhamnolipids	92
7	Bacillus methylotrophicus, Bacillus pumilus	Whey	Lipopeptide	93
8	Bacillus licheniformis M104	Whey	Lipopeptide	94
9	Bacillus subtilis 20B	Whey	Surfactin	95
	Bacillus subtilis R1		Lichenysin
	Bacillus HS3
	Bacillus licheniformis K51
10	Candida bombicola	Canola oil with cheese whey	Sophorolipids	96
11	Lactobacillus pentosus CECT-4023	Whey	—	97
12	Lactococcuslactis 53	Cheese whey	—	98
	Streptococcus thermophiles A
13	Yarrowia lipolytica	Whey wastewater	—	99
	Micrococcus luteus
	Burkholderia cepacia
14	Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain-PP2	Curd whey	—	100
	Kocuria turfanesis strain-J
15	Candida glabrata UCP 1556	Whey	Lipopeptide	101
		Corn steep liquor
16	Streptococcus thermophiles, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus rhamnosus	Whey	—	102
17	Yarrowia lipolytica	Butter whey, cheese whey, ricotta whey	Bio-emulsifier	103