Table 1.

Main classes of biosurfactants and respective producing microorganisms.

Biosurfactant Class
Glycolipids	Polymeric Surfactants	Lipopeptides	Fatty Acids	Particulate Surfactant	Phospholipids
Producer microorganisms
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Bacillus stearothermophilus Candida lipolytica Candida utilis Halomonas eurihalina Mycobacterium thermoautotrophium Sphingomonas paucimobilis	Acinetobacter sp. Bacillus licheniformis Bacillus pumilus Bacillus subtilis Candida lipolytica Gluconobacter cerinus Pseudomonas fluorescens Serratia marcescens Streptomyces sioyaensis Thiobacillus thiooxidans	Arthrobacter paraffineus Capnocytophaga sp. Corynebacterium insidibasseosum Corynebacterium lepus Nocardia erythropolis Penicillium spiculisporum Talaramyces trachyspermus	Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Cyanobacteria Pseudomonas marginalis	Acinetobacter sp. Aspergillus Corynebacterium lepus
Alcanivorax borkumensis
Arthrobacter paraffineus
Arthrobacter sp.
Candida antartica
Candida apicola
Candida batistae
Candida bogoriensis
Candida bombicola
Candida ishiwadae
Candida lipolytica
Lactobacillus fermentum
Nocardia sp.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas sp.
Rhodococcus erythropolis
Rhodotorula glutinus
Rhodotorula graminus
Serratia marcescens
Tsukamurella sp.
Ustilago maydis