Figure 5.
Thin layer chromatography of rhamnolipids. The sample of P. aeruginosa PAO1 (lane 2), grown in PPGAS-medium at 37°C, contains mono- and di-rhamnolipid as does the commercial rhamnolipid (JBR425, Jeneil Biosurfactant Co.) (lane 1). P. putida, expressing the rhlAB operon of P. aeruginosa from the plasmid pVLT33_rhlAB, cultivated in glucose containing LB-medium produced mono-rhamnolipid (lane 4). Empty vector control pVLT33 (lane 3). The band located above the di-rhamnolipids is IPTG (i.e., lanes 3 and 4).