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One of the main bottlenecks to their widespread use is the lack of effective processes for their production on an industrial scale. Biosurfactant production using conventional aerated bioreactors results in excessive foaming due to the combination of air injection and their tensioactive properties. A not widely explored approach to overcome this problem is the development of foam-free production processes, which require the identification and characterization of appropriate microorganisms. Bacillus licheniformis EL3 was evaluated for biosurfactant production under oxygen-limiting conditions in a bioreactor, using a mineral medium containing glucose as a carbon source and NaNO3 and NH4Cl as nitrogen sources. After optimizing the operational conditions, glucose concentration, and inoculum strategy, B. licheniformis EL3 produced 75 \u00b1 3 mg biosurfactant\/L in 43 h. The purified biosurfactant exhibited exceptional surface active properties, with minimum surface tension values (29 mN\/m) and a critical micelle concentration (27 mg\/L) similar to those achieved with commercial surfactin. Furthermore, biosurfactant yield per substrate (YP\/S = 0.007 g biosurfactant\/g glucose) was similar to the figures reported for Bacillus subtilis strains grown in similar conditions, whereas biosurfactant yield per biomass (YP\/X = 0.755 g biosurfactant\/g biomass) and specific biosurfactant productivity (qBS = 0.018 g biosurfactant\/(g biomass \u00d7 h)) were almost three times higher when compared to previous reports. 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