Abstract
Viable microbial cells are important biocatalysts in the production of fine chemicals and biofuels, in environmental applications and also in emerging applications such as biosensors or medicine. Their increasing significance is driven mainly by the intensive development of high performance recombinant strains supplying multienzyme cascade reaction pathways, and by advances in preservation of the native state and stability of whole-cell biocatalysts throughout their application. In many cases, the stability and performance of whole-cell biocatalysts can be highly improved by controlled immobilization techniques. This review summarizes the current progress in the development of immobilized whole-cell biocatalysts, the immobilization methods as well as in the bioreaction engineering aspects and economical aspects of their biocatalytic applications.
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This work was supported by the Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic for the Structural Funds of EU (Grant Number: ITMS 26240220057—50%), by the Slovak Research and Development Agency, Grant No. APVV-15-0227 and by the Slovak Grant Agency for Science VEGA 2/0090/16.
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Polakovič, M., Švitel, J., Bučko, M. et al. Progress in biocatalysis with immobilized viable whole cells: systems development, reaction engineering and applications. Biotechnol Lett 39, 667–683 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-017-2300-y
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