Bioprospecting for industrially relevant exopolysaccharide-producing cyanobacteria under Portuguese simulated climate.

ABSTRACT: Cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides (EPS) are potential candidates for the production of sustainable biopolymers. Although the bioactive and physicochemical properties of cyanobacterial-based EPS are attractive, their commercial exploitation is limited by the high production costs. Bioprospecting and characterizing novel EPS-producing strains for industrially relevant conditions is key to facilitate their implementation in various biotechnological applications and fields. In the present work, we selected twenty-five Portuguese cyanobacterial strains from a diverse taxonomic range (including some genera studied for the first time) to be grown in diel light and temperature, simulating the Portuguese climate conditions, and evaluated their growth performance and proximal composition of macronut

SUBMITTER: Cruz JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10442320 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature