Engineering controllable biofilms for biotechnological applications
Bacteria in natural and engineered habitats often live as multicellular aggregates embedded in a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), known as biofilms (Hall-Stoodleyet al., 2004; Flemming and Wuertz, 2019). Biofilms are central to several grand challenges that we need t...
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| description | Bacteria in natural and engineered habitats often live as multicellular aggregates embedded in a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), known as biofilms (Hall-Stoodleyet al., 2004; Flemming and Wuertz, 2019). Biofilms are central to several grand challenges that we need to address in the 21st century, for example, clean water access, as well as exert considerable economic impact on industry sectors ranging from environmental, agricultural to chemical, medical,energy and manufacturing. The term ‘biofilm engineering’ was first introduced in the early 1990s by the Center for Biofilm Engineering in Montana State University, where biofilm engineering broadly referred to fundamental and applied biofilm research driven by industrial, environmental and health issues. In 2019, the National Biofilm Innovation Centre (NBIC) of UK organized a biofilm engineering workshop, where the industrial and research community defined four key interventional strategies: Prevention, Detection, Management and Engineering, to tackle detrimental biofilms and utilize beneficial biofilms (https://www.biofilms.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NBIC-Engineering-Report-Final.pdf). Among which, bio-film engineering refers to harnessing the beneficial uses of microbial communities by understanding the fundamentals of biofilm developmental process. This definition is more specific and narrows the focus of biofilm engineering down to the beneficial uses of biofilms. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1483742021-04-29T01:07:05Z Engineering controllable biofilms for biotechnological applications Mukherjee, Manisha Cao, Bin School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering (SCELSE) Engineering::Bioengineering Engineering Biofilms Extracellular Polymeric Substances Bacteria in natural and engineered habitats often live as multicellular aggregates embedded in a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), known as biofilms (Hall-Stoodleyet al., 2004; Flemming and Wuertz, 2019). Biofilms are central to several grand challenges that we need to address in the 21st century, for example, clean water access, as well as exert considerable economic impact on industry sectors ranging from environmental, agricultural to chemical, medical,energy and manufacturing. The term ‘biofilm engineering’ was first introduced in the early 1990s by the Center for Biofilm Engineering in Montana State University, where biofilm engineering broadly referred to fundamental and applied biofilm research driven by industrial, environmental and health issues. In 2019, the National Biofilm Innovation Centre (NBIC) of UK organized a biofilm engineering workshop, where the industrial and research community defined four key interventional strategies: Prevention, Detection, Management and Engineering, to tackle detrimental biofilms and utilize beneficial biofilms (https://www.biofilms.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NBIC-Engineering-Report-Final.pdf). Among which, bio-film engineering refers to harnessing the beneficial uses of microbial communities by understanding the fundamentals of biofilm developmental process. This definition is more specific and narrows the focus of biofilm engineering down to the beneficial uses of biofilms. Ministry of Education (MOE) National Research Foundation (NRF) Published version This research was supported by the Ministry of Education (MOE) Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 2 Grant (MOE2017-T2-2-042 to B.C.) and the National Research Foundation and MOE Singapore under its Research Centre of Excellence Programme, Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) (M4330005.C70 to B.C.), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 2021-04-29T01:07:05Z 2021-04-29T01:07:05Z 2021 Journal Article Mukherjee, M. & Cao, B. (2021). Engineering controllable biofilms for biotechnological applications. Microbial Biotechnology, 14(1), 74-78. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13715 1751-7907 0000-0002-9462-496X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148374 10.1111/1751-7915.13715 33249757 2-s2.0-85096868656 1 14 74 78 en MOE2017-T2-2-042 M4330005.C70 Microbial Biotechnology © 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Engineering::Bioengineering Engineering Biofilms Extracellular Polymeric Substances Mukherjee, Manisha Cao, Bin Engineering controllable biofilms for biotechnological applications |
| title | Engineering controllable biofilms for biotechnological applications |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Engineering controllable biofilms for biotechnological applications |
| title_short | Engineering controllable biofilms for biotechnological applications |
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