Filamentous fungal pellets as versatile platforms for cell immobilization: developments to date and future perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Filamentous fungi are well-known for their efficiency in producing valuable molecules of industrial significance, but applications of fungal biomass remain relatively less explored despite its abundant and diverse opportunities in biotechnology. One promising application of mycelial biomass is as a platform to immobilize different cell types such as animal, plant, and microbial cells. Filamentous fungal biomass with little to no treatment is a sustainable biomaterial which can also be food safe compared to other immobilization supports which may otherwise be synthetic or heavily processed. Because of these features, the fungal-cell combination can be tailored towards the targeted application and be applied in a variety of fields from bioremediation to biomedicine. Optimization efforts to i

SUBMITTER: Ogawa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11484145 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature