Patent ID: 8586541

Claim:
A polymeric acylated biosurfactant conforming to the formula Acyl-AA-Term, wherein Acyl is an 8- to 22-membered carbon chain, branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated, wherein AA is a consecutive sequence of four to nine amino acid residues, wherein at least two of the amino acid residues are charged, wherein Term is an acid C-terminus or an amide C-terminus, and wherein the polymeric acylated biosurfactant is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3 (Pal-GRKG amide); SEQ ID NO: 4 (Myr-GRKG amide); SEQ ID NO: 9 (Myr-KKGEM amide); SEQ ID NO: 10 (Myr-KRGKP amide); SEQ ID NO: 11 (Pal-KRGDR acid); SEQ ID NO: 16 (Pal-GRKGD acid); SEQ ID NO: 17 (Myr-GRKGD amide); and SEQ ID NO: 27 (Myr-KRGDR amide).