Production of Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Xanthan and Bacterial Cellulose

Recently, degradable biopolymers have become increasingly important as potential environmentally friendly biomaterials, providing a wide range of applications in various fields. Bacterial exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are biomacromolecules, which due to their unique properties found biomedicine, foodstuff, textiles, cosmetics, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, nanoelectronics, and environmental remediation. One the commercial polysaccharides produced on an industrial scale is xanthan. In recent years, its application has expanded significantly. cellulose (BC) another EPS with rapidly increasing applications. Due great prospects for practical application, development highly efficient production remains task. The present review summarizes strategies cost-effective such biomacromolecules xanthan BC demonstrates first time common approaches obtaining new functional materials applications, including wound healing, drug delivery, tissue engineering, remediation, 3D bioprinting. end, we discuss limitations line future research.