S.No. Biosurfactant Type Biosurfactant Microorganism Reference 1. Glycolipids Rhamnolipids Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas chlororaphis [21] Diglycosyl diglycerides Lactobacillus fermentum [22] Trehalosemycolates Rhodococcuserythropolis, Arthrobacterparaffineu, Mycobacterium phlei, Nocardiaerythropolis [23] Sophorolipids Candida bombicola, C. antartica, Torulopsispetrophilum C. botistae, C. apicola, C. riodocensis, C. stellata, C. bogoriensis [24] Aminoacids lipids Bacillus sp. [25] 2. Phospholipid and Fatty acids Fatty acids/neutral lipids Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Insidiosus [26] Phospholipids Acinetobacter sp. [27] 3. Lipopeptides and lipoproteins Peptide lipids Bacillus licheniformis [28] Serrawettin Serratiamarcescens [29] Ornithine lipid Pseudomonas sp, Thiobacillusthiooxidans [20] Viscosin Pseudomonas fluorescens, Leuconostocmesenteriods [30] Surfactin Bacillus subtilis [31] Subtilisin Bacillus subtilis [32] Lichenysin Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis [33] 4. Polymeric Surfactant Protein PA Pseudomonas aeruginosa [34] Liposan Candida lipolytica [35] Lipoheteropolysaccharide (Emulsan) Acinetobactercalcoaceticus RAG-1, Arethrobactercalcoaceticus [36] Polysaccharide-lipid complex (Snomax) Pseudomonas syringae [37] Alasan A. radio resistens [38] 5. Particulate biosurfactants Whole cells cyanobacteria [39] Vesicles Acinetobacter sp. [20]

Table 1: Various types of Biosurfactants produced by Microorganisms.