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ArticleJournal of agricultural and food chemistry2021

Perspective on Constructing Cellulose-Hydrogel-Based Gut-Like Bioreactors for Growth and Delivery of Multiple-Strain Probiotic Bacteria.

Srinivas Mettu, Zubeen Hathi, Sandya Athukoralalage, Anshu Priya, Tsz Nok Lam, Khai Lun Ong, Namita Roy Choudhury, Naba Kumar Dutta, Rodrigo Curvello, Gil Garnier and 1 more

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Article in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Srinivas MettuSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8645-8818
Zubeen HathiSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Sandya AthukoralalageChemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Anshu PriyaSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Tsz Nok LamSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Khai Lun OngSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Namita Roy ChoudhuryChemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.
Naba Kumar DuttaChemical and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4800-1910
Rodrigo CurvelloBioresource Processing Institute of Australia (BioPRIA), Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton Victoria 3800, Australia.
Gil GarnierBioresource Processing Institute of Australia (BioPRIA), Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton Victoria 3800, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3512-0056
Carol Sze Ki LinSchool of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-4307
City University of Hong Kong · HKRMIT University · AUMonash University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current perspective presents an outlook on developing gut-like bioreactors with immobilized probiotic bacteria using cellulose hydrogels. The innovative concept of using hydrogels to simulate the human gut environment by generating and maintaining pH and oxygen gradients in the gut-like bioreactors is discussed. Fundamentally, this approach presents novel methods of production as well as delivery of multiple strains of probiotics using bioreactors. The relevant existing synthesis methods of cellulose hydrogels are discussed for producing porous hydrogels. Harvesting methods of multiple strains are discussed in the context of encapsulation of probiotic bacteria immobilized on cellulose hydrogels. Furthermore, we also discuss recent advances in using cellulose hydrogels for encapsulation of probiotic bacteria. This perspective also highlights the mechanism of probiotic protection by cellulose hydrogels. Such novel gut-like hydrogel bioreactors will have the potential to simulate the human gut ecosystem in the laboratory and stimulate new research on gut microbiota.

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeProbioticsBacteriaBioreactorsCelluloseEcosystemHumansHydrogelsCelluloseHydrogelsbiotherapeuticscellulose hydrogelsencapsulationgut microbiotahydrogel bioreactorsprobiotic bacteria

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PMID33890783
PMCPMC8154558
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