Biofabrication of Bacterial Constructs: New Three-Dimensional Biomaterials
An enormous number of bacteria live in almost every environment; from deep oceans to below the surface of the earth or in our gastrointestinal tract. Although biofabrication is growing and maturing very quickly, the involvement of bacteria in this process has not been developed at a similar pace. Fr...
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description | An enormous number of bacteria live in almost every environment; from deep oceans to below the surface of the earth or in our gastrointestinal tract. Although biofabrication is growing and maturing very quickly, the involvement of bacteria in this process has not been developed at a similar pace. From the development of a new generation of biomaterials to green bioremediation for the removal of hazardous environmental pollutants or to develop innovative food products in a recent trend, researchers have used cutting-edge biofabrication techniques to reveal the great potential of 3D structured bacterial constructs. These 3D bacterial workhouses may fundamentally change our approach toward biomaterials. |
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spelling | doaj.art-2cee75b9ac824294bb9d11b37cdc99162023-09-02T07:20:00ZengMDPI AGBioengineering2306-53542019-05-01624410.3390/bioengineering6020044bioengineering6020044Biofabrication of Bacterial Constructs: New Three-Dimensional BiomaterialsAmin Shavandi0Esmat Jalalvandi1BioMatter-Biomass transformation Lab (BTL), École interfacultaire de Bioingénieurs (EIB), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50 - CP 165/61, 1050 Brussels, BelgiumSchool of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UKAn enormous number of bacteria live in almost every environment; from deep oceans to below the surface of the earth or in our gastrointestinal tract. Although biofabrication is growing and maturing very quickly, the involvement of bacteria in this process has not been developed at a similar pace. From the development of a new generation of biomaterials to green bioremediation for the removal of hazardous environmental pollutants or to develop innovative food products in a recent trend, researchers have used cutting-edge biofabrication techniques to reveal the great potential of 3D structured bacterial constructs. These 3D bacterial workhouses may fundamentally change our approach toward biomaterials.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/6/2/44bacteria biofabrication3D printingtissue engineeringprobiotic food |
spellingShingle | Amin Shavandi Esmat Jalalvandi Biofabrication of Bacterial Constructs: New Three-Dimensional Biomaterials Bioengineering bacteria biofabrication 3D printing tissue engineering probiotic food |
title | Biofabrication of Bacterial Constructs: New Three-Dimensional Biomaterials |
title_full | Biofabrication of Bacterial Constructs: New Three-Dimensional Biomaterials |
title_fullStr | Biofabrication of Bacterial Constructs: New Three-Dimensional Biomaterials |
title_full_unstemmed | Biofabrication of Bacterial Constructs: New Three-Dimensional Biomaterials |
title_short | Biofabrication of Bacterial Constructs: New Three-Dimensional Biomaterials |
title_sort | biofabrication of bacterial constructs new three dimensional biomaterials |
topic | bacteria biofabrication 3D printing tissue engineering probiotic food |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/6/2/44 |
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