Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

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

  • Trevor G. Johnston,
  • Shuo-Fu Yuan,
  • James M. Wagner,
  • Xiunan Yi,
  • Abhijit Saha,
  • Patrick Smith,
  • Alshakim Nelson,
  • Hal S. Alper

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14371-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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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.