Table 1 Microbial source of Lipase and their industrial application

Fungal species

 Fusarium solani NFCCL 4084

Halophilic lipase for biodiesel production

[470]

 Yarrowia lipolytica

Degrades very efficiently hydrophobic and unusual substrates such as n-alkanes, oils, fats, and fatty acids as low-cost carbon sources

[670]

 Aspergillus oryzae

Saturated fatty acids synthesized, faster cheese ripening, flavour customized cheese

[671]

 Rhizomucor javanicus (meih)

Non-hydrogenated solid fats

[672]

 Rhizomucor miehei

Cocoa-butter equivalents

[673]

 Geotrichum candidum and C. antarctica

Through biocatalytic processes preparation of chiral intermediates which synthesized the pharmaceutical compounds related to the elimination of bad cholesterol for the treatment of the Alzheimer’s disease

[674]

 Candida antarctica

Oils and fats enriched, removal of size lubricants, denim finishing

[675]

 Candida rugosa

Human Milk fat substitute

[676]

 Candida lipolytica

Cheese ripening, Fatty acid production

[670]

 Penicillium camembertii

Production of glycerolglycolipids

[672]

Synthesis of saturated triacyl glycerides

[677, 678]

 Trichoderma lanuginosus

Produced a lipase containing detergent ‘LipoPrime^®’

[16]

 Penicillium roquefortii

Production of characteristic flavor of blue cheese in dairy products

[679].

 Aspergillus niger

Faster cheese ripening, flavor customized cheese, Dough stability and conditioning

[680]

 Meyerozyma guilliermondii

Promising feed lipase using cheese whey

[681]

 A. niger GZUF36

Potential of the enzyme in the synthesis of functional oils

[526]

 Aspergillus flavus

Fat stain elimination; Synthesis of pharmaceuticals, polymers, biodiesels, biosurfactants

[682]

 Candida antarctica

Pitch control in paper and pulp industry, Polycondensation, ring opening polymerization of lactones, carbonates in polymer

[674]

 Rhizomucor meihei

As a biocatalyst in personal care products such as skin and sun-tan creams, bath oils etc

[683]

 Rhizomucor meihei

Surfactants for baking industry, dairy products, Noodles

[684]

 Rhizomucor miehei

Oils and fats enriched, cocoa butter substitutes, synthesis of bioactive molecules

[685]

 Candida tropicalis, Aspergillus oryzae

Degradation of crude oil hydrocarbons

[686]

 Penicillium abeanum

Use for docosahexaenoic acid enrichment of tuna oil

[687]

 Rhizopus nodosus

Leather processing and dehairing and fat removal

[688]

 Candida rugosa

Activated sludge treatment, aerobic waste treatment

[689]

 P. chrysogenum

Food industry waste treatment

[690]

 Rhizomucor meihei

Surfactants for baking industry, Dairy products, Noodles

[684]

 P. chrysogenum

Food industry waste treatment

[690]

 Thermomyces lanuginose

Non-hydrogenated solid fats

[691]

 M. miehei

Used as aroma and fragrance in the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries

[692]

 C. parapsilosis

Hydroxamic acids (food additive)

[534]

 M. miehei, C. antarctica

Synthesis of short chain flavour thio-ester in solvent free medium

[643]

 M. miehei, Rhizopus arrhizus

Production of flavour esters

[693]

Bacterial species

 Achromobacter sp. HEGN 014, Virgibacillus pantothenticus HEGN 114

Treatment of oily wastewater

[694]

 Pseudomonas mendocina

Dishwashing/laundry Removal of fat strain

[622]

 Acinetobacter radioresistens; Bacillus sp. FH5

Used in detergent industry

[695]

 Staphylococcus pasteuri

Using in oil degradation

[696]

 P. fluorescens

Enantioselective transesterification of a racemate (R,S)-4-methyl-1-heptyn-4-en-3-ol, a component of the insecticide S-2852

[697]

 Staphylococcus warneri and S. xylosus

The production of flavour esters

[693]

 Bacillus sp.

Used in leather processing

[698]

 Brevundimonas sp. QPT-2

Involved in enantioselective degradation of AOPP herbicides

[699]

 Micrococcus sp.

Commonly used detergents, enhance the removal of oily stains from various types of fabrics

[448]

 Bacillus cereus HSS

Waste water treatment

[626]

 Marinobacter lipolyticus

Organic Solvent-Tolerant Lipolytic enzyme

[700]

 Haloarcula sp. G41

Organic solvent-tolerant lipase for biodiesel production

[701]

 Bacillus subtilis

Baking industry for bread making

[702]

 Geobacillus stearothermophilus

Enhanced stability in methanol

[449]

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa HFE733

Biodegradation of oil and organics (determination as chemical oxygen demand (COD), biodegradation of food wastewater from restaurants

[703]

 Pseudomonas sp.

Food processing and oil manufacture

[704]

 Natronococcus sp.

Application in biocatalysis

[701]

 P. alcaligenes M-1

Alkaline lipases, able to removing fatty stains when used in a washing machine

[705]

 Pseudomonas plantarii

Solvay Enzyme Products, Applicable for is a nonionic and/or anionic detergent formulation

[706]

 Chromobacterium viscosum

Detergent formulations containing alkaline lipase used in laundry detergent “Top”

[707]

 Acinetobacter sp.

Degrading 60–65% of the fatty material in the waste water management

[708]

 Bacillus thermocatenulatus

Used in medical industry

[641]

 Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, and Lactobacillus plantarum.

Cheese Industry for improvement of flavor

[709]

 Penicillium roquefortii

Cheese Industry for cheese ripening

[710]

 Staphylococcus warneri, S. xylosus

Production of flavour esters

[711]

 Pseudomonas cepacia

Biodiesel fuel production

[712]

 Pseudomonas sp.

Formation of (−)-15-deoxyspergualin 23) in drug industry as antitumor antibiotic and immunosuppressive agent

[713]