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Living Cellulose Materials with Tunable Viscoelasticity through Probiotic Proliferation.

ABSTRACT: Probiotic cellulose (PC), a living material (LM) consisting of probiotics integrated into bacterial cellulose, is the first example where life (probiotic proliferation) is the input to tune the viscoelasticity of the biomaterial. The gradual proliferation of probiotics within the matrix acts as a key modulator of the cellulose viscoelasticity, providing from celluloses with lower-than-matrix viscoelasticity to celluloses with viscoelastic moduli closer to those of elastic solids. This concept is a promising approach to producing living bio-ink with tunable viscoelastic response of special interest for specific applications such as 3D printing. In contrast to the most common hydrogels with stimuli-tunable mechanical properties, which require external stimuli such as mechanical stress, UV radiation, or heat, this living bio-ink only requires time to tune from a fluid-like into a solid-like biomaterial.

SUBMITTER: Sabio L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9846690 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Living Cellulose Materials with Tunable Viscoelasticity through Probiotic Proliferation.

Sabio Laura L Dominguez-Vera Jose M JM de Vicente Juan J Delgado-López José M JM

ACS applied bio materials 20221215 1

Probiotic cellulose (PC), a living material (LM) consisting of probiotics integrated into bacterial cellulose, is the first example where life (probiotic proliferation) is the input to tune the viscoelasticity of the biomaterial. The gradual proliferation of probiotics within the matrix acts as a key modulator of the cellulose viscoelasticity, providing from celluloses with lower-than-matrix viscoelasticity to celluloses with viscoelastic moduli closer to those of elastic solids. This concept is ...[more]

PMID: 36520018

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