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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.
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Microbial Biopolymers: The Exopolysaccharides

TL;DR: This chapter briefly gives an introduction to PHA and provides recent developments in the genetic and metabolic pathways for the synthesis of microbial EPS, and possible ways to minimize the cost of production and downstream processing are covered.
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Recovery Techniques Enabling Circular Chemistry from Wastewater

TL;DR: This review focuses on the recovery of biologically produced carboxylic acids, including volatile fatty acids, medium-chain carboxal acids, long-chain dicarboxyLic acids, and indirectly produced unsaturated short-chain acids (USCA), as well as polymers.
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Structural characterization of exopolysaccharide from Streptococcus thermophilus ASCC 1275.

TL;DR: This study purified and characterized exopolysaccharide produced by a high-EPS-producing dairy starter bacterium, Streptococcus thermophilus ASCC 1275 and proposed a possible structure of EPS in F2 and F3.
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EpsN from Bacillus subtilis 168 has UDP-2,6-dideoxy 2-acetamido 4-keto glucose aminotransferase activity in vitro.

TL;DR: The gene epsN of Bacillus subtilis 168 was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli and mutagenesis studies showed that, in addition to Lys190, Ser185, Glu164, Gly58 and Thr59 are essential for aminotransferase activity.
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Bacterial polymers: biosynthesis, modifications and applications

TL;DR: The key aspects of bacterial biopolymer production are summarized and how a better understanding of polymer biosynthesis and material properties can lead to increased use of bacterialBiopolymers as valuable renewable products are highlighted.
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Microbial Cellulose: Fermentative Production and Applications

TL;DR: Bacterial cellulose, an exopolysaccharide produced by some bacteria, has unique structural and mechanical properties and is highly pure as compared to plant cellulose.
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Bacterial exopolysaccharides – a perception

TL;DR: The present article converges on bacterial exopolysaccharide, which are rich in high molecular weight polysaccharides and have heteropolymeric composition and have new‐fangled applications due to the unique properties they possess.
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Curdlan and other bacterial (1→3)-β-d-glucans

TL;DR: This review includes information on the structure, properties and molecular genetics of the bacterial (1→3)-β-glucans, together with an overview of the physiology and biotechnology of curdlan production and applications of this biopolymer and its derivatives.
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Modified Gellan Gum hydrogels with tunable physical and mechanical properties.

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.
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