| CPC C12P 5/026 (2013.01) [C12N 1/02 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); B09C 1/10 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |

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1. A process for production and recovery of a bio surfactant mixture consisting of 1-pentanonacontene and 3-hydroxy-16-methyl heptadecanoic acid from Bacillus sp. MCC0156 comprising the following steps:
a) inoculating inoculum from overnight grown culture of Bacillus sp. MCC0156 in a medium consisting of yeast extract in water;
b) obtaining a cell free supernatant by centrifuging;
c) regulating pH of the cell free supernatant of step (b) to 2.0 using an acid and storing overnight at 4° C. to obtain an acid precipitated pellet by centrifugation and dissolving in water, and adjusting to pH of 8.0;
d) repeating step of acid precipitation of step (c) at least two times to remove impurities from the medium to obtain a crude bio-surfactant mixture; and
e) freeze drying the acid precipitated pellet to obtain a lyophilized bio surfactant mixture consisting of 1-pentanonacontene and 3-hydroxy-16-methyl heptadecanoic.
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