Encapsulation by Electrospinning of Live Bacteria used in the Food Industry

Tromp, R. Hans; Vink, Carolien; Stijnman, Ann C.

doi:10.1039/9781849734554-00247

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“…Alternatively, electrospinning allows live bacteria to be encapsulated within multifunctional, polymer nanofibers at room temperature. − The electrospinning process does not require the use of heating, freezing, or organic solvents that can harm encapsulant materials. Thus, suspensions of bacteria are blended into various synthetic and naturally derived polymer solutions for electrospinning.…”

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Electrospinning Living Bacteria: A Review of Applications from Agriculture to Health Care

Diep

Schiffman

2023

ACS Appl. Bio Mater.

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Living bacteria are used in biotechnologies that lead to improvements in health care, agriculture, and energy. Encapsulating bacteria into flexible and modular electrospun polymer fabrics that maintain their viability will further enable their use. This review will first provide a brief overview of electrospinning before examining the impact of electrospinning parameters, such as precursor composition, applied voltage, and environment on the viability of encapsulated bacteria. Currently, the use of nanofiber scaffolds to deliver live probiotics into the gut is the most researched application space; however, several additional applications, including skin probiotics (wound bandages) and menstruation products have also been explored and will be discussed. The use of bacteria-loaded nanofibers as seed coatings that promote plant growth, for the remediation of contaminated wastewaters, and in energy-generating microbial fuel cells are also covered in this review. In summary, electrospinning is an effective method for encapsulating living microorganisms into dry polymer nanofibers. While these living composite scaffolds hold potential for use across many applications, before their use in commercial products can be realized, numerous challenges and further investigations remain.

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Electrospinning Living Bacteria: A Review of Applications from Agriculture to Health Care

Diep

Schiffman

2023

ACS Appl. Bio Mater.

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Rational Design and Development of Electrospun Nanofibrous Biohybrid Composites

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Sarioglu

Anitha

et al. 2019

ACS Appl. Bio Mater.

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Bioencapsulation has gained substantial attention in a wide spectrum of applications including bioremediation, sensing, and catalysis over the past few decades. However, such biohybrid systems suffer with many drawbacks in terms of low viability, low diffusion, and loss of biological activity. Therefore, it is more important to preserve the pristine characteristics and activity of biological elements against various environmental factors. In recent years, electrospinning has been acknowledged as a feasible technique for fabricating biohybrid fibrous composites by incorporating various biological materials using several approaches including direct encapsulation, core–shell encapsulation, and surface immobilization. In this review, the recent developments on the different methodologies in encapsulation and immobilization of microbial cells (i.e., bacteria, algae, viruses, and yeast) in electrospun nanofibers and their potential applications in bioremediation, food, agriculture, biocatalysis, regenerative medicine, etc. are briefly summarized. Further, ongoing challenges and future outlook in the electrospun nanofibrous biohybrid composites fabrication are concluded.

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Encapsulation by Electrospinning of Live Bacteria used in the Food Industry

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Electrospinning Living Bacteria: A Review of Applications from Agriculture to Health Care

Electrospinning Living Bacteria: A Review of Applications from Agriculture to Health Care

Rational Design and Development of Electrospun Nanofibrous Biohybrid Composites

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