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. 2021 Jun 16;44(10):2003–2034. doi: 10.1007/s00449-021-02597-5

Table 1.

Main high molecular weight fungal biosurfactants

Group Biosurfactant Composition Producer microorganism References
Carbohydrate-lipid-protein complexes Not classified Molecules composed by the ligation of congeners of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins Galactomyces pseudocandidum, Candida tropicalis and Geotrichum candidum [40]
Aspergillus flavus [41]
Penicillium citrinum [42]
Aspergillus ustus [43]
Lipopeptides (or lipoproteins) Not classified Molecules composed of proteins and lipids Yarrowia lipolytica MTCC9520 [44]
Penicillium chrysogenum SNP5 [45]
Aspergillus mulundensis [46]
Fusarium sp. [47]
Polymeric-Glycoproteins Liposan Molecule composed of polysaccharide and protein Y. lipolytica [48]
Manoproteins Mannose polymers covalently linked to the backbone main protein Saccharomyces cerevisiae, [49]
Kluyveromyces marxianus [50]
Yasan Low-lipid polysaccharide-protein complex Y. lipolytica [51]