surfactin

Term ID

CHEBI:29681

Synonyms

Definition

Any mixture comprising isoforms of a bacterial cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic produced by various strains of Bacillus subtilis. The isoforms are cyclodepsipeptides containing at least seven amino acid residues. Among the most effective biosurfactants, surfactin can reduce the surface tension of water from 72 to 27 mN/m at a concentration as low as 0.005%.

References

Ontology

ChEBI ( EBI )

Resources

CTD

Relationships

is a type of: mixture

mixture Show first 5 Terms
has_part: surfactin A surfactin B surfactin C surfactin D

surfactin A surfactin B surfactin C surfactin D Show first 5 Terms
has_role: antibacterial agent antifungal agent antineoplastic agent antiviral agent platelet aggregation inhibitor ... Show All 6 Terms

antibacterial agent antifungal agent antineoplastic agent antiviral agent platelet aggregation inhibitor surfactant Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype resulting from surfactin

Phenotype where environments contain surfactin

Phenotype modified by environments containing surfactin

Human Disease Model