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Co-culturing microbial consortia: approaches for applications in biomanufacturing and bioprocessing
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Gloria Padmaperuma,
Supattra Maneein,
Seetharaman Vaidyanathan
Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, Volume: 42 (2022), Issue: 1, Pages: 1 - 27
Swansea University Author:
Rahul Kapoore
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/07388551.2021.1921691
Abstract
The application of microbial co-cultures is now recognized in the fields of biotechnology, ecology, and medicine. Understanding the biological interactions that govern the association of microorganisms would shape the way in which artificial/synthetic co-cultures or consortia are developed. The abil...
| Published in: | Critical Reviews in Biotechnology |
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| ISSN: | 0738-8551 1549-7801 |
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Informa UK Limited
2021
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The application of microbial co-cultures is now recognized in the fields of biotechnology, ecology, and medicine. Understanding the biological interactions that govern the association of microorganisms would shape the way in which artificial/synthetic co-cultures or consortia are developed. The ability to accurately predict and control cell-to-cell interactions fully would be a significant enabler in synthetic biology. Co-culturing method development holds the key to strategically engineer environments in which the co-cultured microorganism can be monitored. Various approaches have been employed which aim to emulate the natural environment and gain access to the untapped natural resources emerging from cross-talk between partners. Amongst these methods are the use of a communal liquid medium for growth, use of a solid–liquid interface, membrane separation, spatial separation, and use of microfluidics systems. Maximizing the information content of interactions monitored is one of the major challenges that needs to be addressed by these designs. This review critically evaluates the significance and drawbacks of the co-culturing approaches used to this day in biotechnological applications, relevant to biomanufacturing. It is recommended that experimental results for a co-cultured species should be validated with different co-culture approaches due to variations in interactions that could exist as a result of the culturing method selected. |
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Co-culturing techniques; microbial consortia; infochemicals; metabolites; metabolomics; encapsulation; membrane separation; spatial separation; microfluidics; biofilms |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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1 |
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27 |