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Forty Bacillus isolates obtained from maari (used as condiment in Burkina Faso) including 17 B. subtilis, 4 B. circulans, 7 B. pumilus and 6 B. licheniformis were investigated for use as starter cultures in maari production. The isolates were screened by PCR for the sfp gene responsible for the production of the lipopeptide biosurfactant, surfactin. The sfp gene was detected in all of the seventeen...