Table 1.

Lipopeptide microbial biosurfactants. Microbial sources, molecular formula and weight and critical micellar concentration (CMC).

Microbial Biosurfactant	Producer Microorganism	Molecular Formula	Molecular Weight (Da)	CMC (mol/L)	Ref.
Surfactin	Bacillus subtilis	C53H93N7O13	1036.8	9.4 × 10−6	[78]
Iturin A	Bacillus subtilis	C48H74N12O14	1043.2	2.5 × 10−7	[79]
Fengycin	Bacillus subtilis	C72H110N12O20	1463.7	1.2 × 10−6	[80]
Lichenysin C	Bacillus licheniformis	C52H91N8O12	1020.7	1.5 × 10−5	[81]
Viscosin	Pseudomonas libaniensis	C54H95N9O16	1126.4	4.8 × 10−5	[82]