Bioengineering microbial cellulose synthesis pathways as biofactory for industrial-scale cellulose production: a review on current advances

Kombucha Bacterial Cellulose Obtained from Tea Fermentation for Biomedical Applications

An overview of the great potential of kombucha-derived bacterial cellulose for biomedical applications is provided, including limitations in reproducibility linked to undefined SCOBY composition, limited long-term in vivo studies, and the absence of a clear regulatory pathway for functionalized KBC and composites.

Xylitol Biomanufacturing: Production Technologies, Industrial Applications and Future Opportunities

Xylitol is a five-carbon sugar alcohol widely used in the food, pharmaceutical, oral healthcare, and personal care industries because of its low caloric value, low glycaemic index, and non-cariogenic properties. Industrial production is mainly based on catalytic hydrogenation of xylose, which provides high conversion e...

Microorganisms of Technological Interest: A Critical Review of Diversity, Metabolites and Biotechnological Uses

It is concluded that microbial diversity is technologically valuable when converted into predictable, robust and recoverable function at relevant scale when converted into phenotype-to-process matching.

From Bacterial Cellulose Production by Komagataeibacter xylinus to Bacterial Cellulose Nanoparticles: A Standardized Enzymatic Approach

This standardized approach enables the reproducible production of bacterial cellulose nanoparticles (BCNPs) and provides an accessible and reproducible method for generating BC and BCNPs of consistent quality without the need for specialized instrumentation.

Recent Advances in Fungal Cell Factories for Sustainable Bioenergy and Biomaterials Developments: Challenges and Future Directions

The convergence of fungal systems biology with the principles of circular bioeconomy is illustrated and the technological, economic, and regulatory bottlenecks which need to be overcome are pointed out to fully realise the potential of fungi as the biofactories of the future for the sustainable production of energy and...

The role of microbial metabolic engineering for circular plastics economy