Examples of the common biosurfactants, producing microbes and specific applications.

Class	Biosurfactant	Microorganism	Application	Ref.
Lipopeptides	Surfactin	Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilus A	Petroleum industry, environmental and agricultural applications	55 and 56
	Lichenysin	Bacillus licheniformis	Anti-adhesion activity	57 and 58
	Viscosin	Pseudomonas fluorescens	Antibacterial, antiviral, antitrypanosomal therapeutic	59
	Anikasin	Pseudomonas fluorescens HKI0770	Used as amebicide, inhibit protozoan grazing	60
	Serrawettins	Serratia marcescens	Used in medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural and petroleum industries	61
Glycolipids	Rhamnolipids	Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida	Applied for environmental remediation	62
	Mannosylerythritol lipids	Pseudozyma sp., Candida antartica, Ustilago maydis	Repair of damaged hair, moisturization of dry skin, activation of fibroblast and papilla cells and protective effects in skin cells, and as an antioxidant	63
	Trehaloselipids	Rhodococcus sp., Arthrobacter sp.	Biomedical and industrial application in addition to bioremediation	64
	Sophorolipids	Candida bombicola, Candida apicola, Candida batistae	Amelioration of skin physiology, skin restructuring and repair	65
	Cellobiolipids	Ustilago maydis	Antifungal activity	65
Phospholipids, neutral lipids, and fatty acids	Phospholipid	Thiobacillus thiooxidans	Agents for respiratory failure	66
	Fatty acids	Corynebacterium lepus	Used as emulsifiers in food industries	67
	Neutral lipids	N. erythropolis	Partition the organic compound into a micellar core	68
Polymeric	Biodispersan	A. calcoaceticus	Prevent flocculation, fracturing of limestone, used in the paint industry	69
	Emulsan	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	Hydrocarbon-in-water emulsions are stabilized	70
	Mannan protein emulsifiers	Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Stabilizes hydrocarbon in water emulsions	71
	Alasan	Acinetobacter radioresistens	Hydrocarbon-in-water emulsion stabilizer	72
Siderophore	Flavolipids	Flavobacterium sp.	Stable emulsifier used in remediation applications	73