Surface active compound and source

IFT drop measured
(%)

Amount of surface active compound used (mg·L-1)

Cell mass used to make compound (mg)

Yield of surface active compound per cell weight (g·g-1)

EOR1
(%)

References

E. coli cell biomass

57- 68

282

28

1

Not tested

This study

Lipopeptide from Bacillus mojavensis3

Drop to 0.006 mN·m-1

5-56

74-8244

0.068

21-39 (BS, SP, L)

[52,58-64]

Lipopeptide from Bacillus subtilis

59 – 86

1000-3000

2222-66675

0.45

25-61 (SP)

[65-69]

Rhamnolipid from Pseudomonas aeruginosa6

>99

100

Not described

 

42 (SP)

[70]

Biosurfactant from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

47-57

10 or not described

13.9-30.37

0.33-0.72

50-85 (SP)

[71-73]

Microbial cells and metabolites after fermentation

24-98

Not described

Not described

 

7-86 (BS, SP, L)

[9,58,74-78]

1EOR: Enhanced oil recovery observed in laboratory studies using core type: Berea sandstone core (BS), sand packed column (SP), limestone (L).
2The value was calculated according to a single E. coli cell weight 2.8 x 10-13 g [79].
3Formally B. licheniformis JF-2 [80].
4500 mg·L-1 of dry Bacillus mojavensis yields 34 mg·L-1 lipopeptide [61].
5The yield of biosurfactant per dry cell weight was 0.45 g·g-1 [68,81].
6Engineered with the RhlAB: rhamnosyltransferase complex for synthesis of rhamnose.
7The yield of biosurfactant per dry cell weight was 0.33-0.72 g·g-1 [71].
Table 3: Described properties of surface active compounds investigated for enhancing oil recovery.