Growth of Acinetobacter Sp. ATCC31012 on various substrates and under varying conditions has been used to produce two classes of extracellular microbial protein-associated lipopolysaccnarides (the "emulsans") which, on a weight-for-weight basis, are probably the most efficient emulsifiers discovered and which possess certain characteristics that permit these unique extracellular microbial lipopolysaccharides to be widely used in cleaning oil-contaminated vessels, oil spill management, and enhanced oil recovery by chemical flooding. These classes have been named a-emulsans and β-emulsans, both of which have substantially the same polymer backbone but differ from each other in certain imoortant structural aspects. Deproteinization of emulsans by hot phenol extraction produces the lipopolysaccharide components (the "apoemulsans") of each of such emulsans. which components have been shown to be completely N-acylated and partially O-acylated heteropolysaccharides made up of a major amounts of D-galactosamine and an aminouronic acid, the O-lipoacyl portions of such apoemulsans containing varying percentages of fatty acid esters in which the fatty acids contain from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms. Base hydrolysis under mild conditions of the emulsans and apoemulsans produces derivatives (the "ψ-emulsans" and "apo-ψ-emulsans", respectively) which are completely N-acylated and partially to completely O-deacylated. Base hydrolysis under strong conditions of any of these products produces another derivate (the "proemulsans") which is completely O-deacylated and is partially N-deacylated. Emulsans and apoemulsans, both of which biopolymers are strongly anionic, exhibit a high degree of specificity in the emulsification of hydrocarbon substrates which contain both aliphatic and cyclic components. In addition, these extracellular microbial polysaccharides as well as their O-deacylated and N-deacylated derivativesare adsorbed on and capable of flocculating aluminosilicate ion-exchangers, such as kaolin and bentonite.
在各种基质和不同条件下生长的不动杆菌(Acinetobacter Sp.A
TCC31012 在各种基质和不同条件下生长,产生了两类细胞外微
生物蛋白相关脂
多糖("
乳化剂"),按重量比计算,这两类脂
多糖可能是目前发现的最有效的
乳化剂,它们具有某些特性,使这些独特的细胞外微
生物脂
多糖可广泛用于清洗受油污污染的船只、溢油管理和通过
化学浸泡提高石油回收率。这些类别被命名为 a 型乳聚糖和 β 型乳聚糖,两者的聚合物骨架基本相同,但在某些重要的结构方面存在差异。通过热
苯酚萃取法对乳聚糖进行脱蛋白处理,可得到每种乳聚糖的脂
多糖成分("脂乳聚糖"),这些成分已被证明是完全 N-酰化和部分 O-酰化的杂
多糖,由大量的
D-半乳糖胺和一种
氨基
尿酸组成,这种脂乳聚糖的 O-脂酰部分含有不同比例的
脂肪酸酯,其中
脂肪酸含有约 10 至约 18 个碳原子。在温和条件下对
乳化剂和低
乳化剂进行碱
水解,产生的衍
生物(分别为 "ψ-
乳化剂 "和 "低-ψ-
乳化剂")完全N-酰化,部分至完全O-脱酰化。这些产物中的任何一种在强条件下进行碱
水解,都会产生另一种衍
生物("原
乳化剂"),这种衍
生物完全是 O-脱乙酰基,部分是 N-脱乙酰基。Emulsans 和 apoemulsans 这两种
生物聚合物都具有很强的阴离子性,在乳化含有脂肪族和环状成分的碳氢化合物底物时表现出高度的特异性。此外,这些细胞外微
生物多糖及其 O-脱乙酰基和 N-脱乙酰基衍
生物可吸附在
高岭土和膨润土等铝
硅酸盐离子交换剂上,并能使其絮凝。