Table 3.

Antimicrobial activity of the sophorolipid produced by Rhodotorula babjevae YS3 (SL-YS3) in comparison to sophorolipid standard, 1,4′′-sophorolactone 6′,6′′-diacetate (SL-S) against pathogenic fungal strains

Sl. no.	Fungal strains	Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC, µg/ml)
		SL-YS3	SL-S
1	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	62	50
2	Fusarium verticilliodes	125	125
3	Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi	125	125
4	Corynespora cassiicola	>2000	1000
5	Trichophyton rubrum	1000	1000

SL-YS3 = Sophorolipid by Rhodotorula babjevae YS3, SL-S = sophorolipid standard, 1,4′′-sophorolactone 6′,6′′-diacetate. Values are mean ± SEM of triplicates with three independent experiments