Compartmentalized microbes and co-cultures in hydrogels for on-demand bioproduction and preservation

Large scale suspension fermentation technology is not easily portable or reusable. Here the authors describe a hydrogel system suitable for long-term and reusable production with both single and multi-organism consortia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Trevor G. Johnston, Shuo-Fu Yuan, James M. Wagner, Xiunan Yi, Abhijit Saha, Patrick Smith, Alshakim Nelson, Hal S. Alper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14371-4