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Biopolymers from Microbial Flora

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Biopolymers

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Over the recent times with the increasing interest on the environment, every country is trying to utilise every product from a natural resource in a needful manner. Bio-based polymer or biopolymer describes that they are from all plant, animal or microbial origin. With the advancing technology, consumers are also welcoming the synthetically originated polymers which are environment friendly. Biopolymers provide a plethora of applications in the various fields as they posses certain properties like biocompatibility, biodegradation to non-toxic products, low antigenicity, high bio-activity, processability to complicated shapes with appropriate porosity apart from ability to support cell growth and proliferation. In the present chapter an emphasis on biopolymers from microbial flora having applications in cosmetic, pharmaceutical and biomedical, agriculture, food etc. has been presented. Biopolymers are most commonly used and are most abundantly available and they provide protection against biotic stress. A combination of biopolymer and nanotechnology is a novel area of research paving way for nanomedicines and can be exploited for their potential application in drug delivery and gene therapy. The application in cosmetics and medicated cosmetics is also being researched. The research required to understand the novel applications of biopolymers cannot be limited to a specified field since they are employed in diverse areas. With the present day available literature, future work should focus on bioavailability.

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Velamakanni, R.P., Sree, B.S., Vuppugalla, P., Velamakanni, R.S., Merugu, R. (2022). Biopolymers from Microbial Flora. In: Nadda, A.K., Sharma, S., Bhat, R. (eds) Biopolymers. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98392-5_8

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