Carbohydrate polymersCelluloseMyceliumChitinPorosityAcetobacteraceae
Living sand: Microbial nanocellulose and chitin-rich mycelia enhance granular material properties.
Shahna Manakat Vakeri, Ashutosh Sinha, Luiz G Greca, Mohamed Hamid Salim, Ghanim Mabrook, Zainuddin Ziyan, M-Haidar A Dali, Faisal Abdulla AlMarzooqi, Srinivas Mettu, Gustav Nyström, Blaise L Tardy
Published: 202510.1016/j.carbpol.2025.124361
Abstract
Natural fibers, principally those formed of polysaccharides, are critical to impart adequate mechanics and water dynamics to soils. In this study, we hypothesize that fiber producing microbes such as bacterial nanocellulose and mycelium could induce…
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