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Advances in bacterial exopolysaccharides: from production to biotechnological applications
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Limitations and constraints ofacterial EPS development are stressed and correlation of bacterial EPS properties with polymer applications is emphasized, along with current downstream strategies.About:
This article is published in Trends in Biotechnology.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 616 citations till now.read more
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Neotropical Plant-Associated Endophytic Fungi: A Source of Promising Macromolecules for Use in Biotechnology
TL;DR: The authors reviewed the biological macromolecules produced by neotropical plant-associated endophytic fungi as well as the main studies performed to characterize and evaluate the potential biotechnological applications.
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Thermophilic Bacterial Exopolysaccharides
TL;DR: In this article , the authors provide valuable information on physicochemical function and biotechnological applications in the field of food, medical imaging, nano-drugs, bioremediation, cancer, anti-bacterial, tissue engineering, etc.
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Exopolysaccharide Productions from Extremophiles: The Chemical Structures and Their Bioactivities
Paola Di Donato,Annarita Poli,Giuseppina Tommonaro,Gennaro Roberto Abbamondi,Barbara Nicolaus +4 more
TL;DR: This chapter will discuss some remarkable examples of extremophilic bacteria, isolated from different ecosystems, which produce exopolysaccharides (EPSs) and the properties of EPSs produced by extremophiles and their possible commercial applications ranging from pharmaceutical to food processing, detoxification and bioremediation.
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Modified Gellan Gum hydrogels with tunable physical and mechanical properties.
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TL;DR: Three-dimensional encapsulation of NIH-3T3 fibroblast cells in MeGG networks demonstrated in vitro biocompatibility confirmed by high cell survival and the in vitro swelling kinetics and hydrolytic degradation rate were dependent on the crosslinking mechanisms used to form the hydrogels.