Microbial Polysaccharides: Applications and Potentialities
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2019) | Viewed by 3099
Special Issue Editor
Interests: design of biopolymer membranes for biotechnology applications; biodegradable polymers and nanocomposites for food packaging
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polysaccharides are the most abundant macromolecules in the biosphere. They are the main structural elements of plants (e.g., cellulose) and animals (e.g., chitin) and have an important role in plant energy storage (e.g., starch).
A high variety of polysaccharides and their derivatives have been used in food, cosmetic, medical and pharmaceutical applications. However, several polysaccharides with new or improved properties (pullulan, levan, curdlan, hyaluronan, gellan gum, xanthan gum, bacterial cellulose or bacterial alginates) can be produced by microorganisms (yeast, fungus or bacteria).
Due to their new or improved properties, microbial polysaccharides can replace plant, algae, and animal products, either in traditional or new applications. The main constraint to their wider use is their production costs that are still higher than those of other natural and synthetic polymers.
This issue aims to give an overview on the applications and potential uses of microbial polysaccharides in food, medical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications.
Prof. Isabel Coelhoso
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbial polysaccharides
- pullulan
- hyaluronan
- xanthan gum
- bacterial cellulose
- bacterial alginate
- food applications
- medical and pharmaceutical applications
- cosmetic applications
