Wound dressings play a crucial role in promoting efficient wound closure and healing by providing an environment conducive to tissue repair. Traditional wound dressings, such as cellulose-based gauze, often exhibit challenges in adhesion and exudate absorption, necessitating frequent replacements that may cause additional trauma. Biocellulose (BC), derived from bacteria, presents a natural c…
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a biopolymer currently being coveted for its versatility, sustainable sourcing and biodegradability. The Indonesia International Institute for Life Sciences (i3L) lab has been conducting research on BC fermentation and surrounding BC produced by the kombucha isolate Komagataeibacter intermedius, with past findings showing a great prospect of the bacteria being abl…
Pediococcus acidilactici has gained a lot of interest lately due to its ability as a potential probiotic strain. However, concerns regarding its viability and stability during consumption and storage lead to a solution to utilize spray dry as an encapsulation method for Pediococcus acidilactici. Yet, the utilization of spray drying could affect the cell viability and its functional probiotic pr…
A preliminary antimicrobial assay showed the antimicrobial activity of P. acidilactici but the SDS-PAGE did not reveal pediocin, an antimicrobial peptide produced by Pediococcus strain. The efficient downstream processing of P. acidilactici fermentation is studied to analyze pediocin. This research is conducted to assess the compatibility of different methods in concentrating pediocin in th…
The demand of a food preservative has been increasing due to foodborne diseases due to foodborne pathogens. Moreover, there is also an issue on the health risks caused chemical food preservatives, further increasing demand on a safer food preservative. Recently, Pediococcus acidilactici has been gaining interest as a potential natural food preservative due to its ability to produce pediocin,…
The demand of a food preservative has been increasing due to foodborne diseases due to foodborne pathogens. Moreover, there is also an issue on the health risks caused chemical food preservatives, further increasing demand on a safer food preservative. Recently, Pediococcus acidilactici has been gaining interest as a potential natural food preservative due to its ability to produce pediocin,…
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a three-dimensional structure made up of nanofibrils that are created by aerobic bacteria such as K.intermedius which is able to give a high yield of BC despite it being a relatively new strain. BC is well known for its high crystallinity and water retention which are favorable for encapsulating compounds. BC are also known to have wound healing properties but it …
Bacterial cellulose (BC) is well known in the medical field to be able to speed up the process of wound healing. It also has many advantages that make it a very appealing potential as a wound healing product. The issue with BC is the lack of antimicrobial activity against pathogens on the wound site which can cause an infection. Encapsulation of B. subtilis (BS) as a probiotic into BC would all…
"Keratin was found to be a promising alternative material as biomaterial due to several advantages such as supporting cell attachment, fibroblast growth, and naturally abundance. Unfortunately, keratin also have fragile and poor mechanical properties that limits its usage. On the other hand, low methoxyl pectin is widely known as a gelling agent and can be formed into hydrogel by addition o…
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the bacteria often found in healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) at hospitals. Several types of research have already shown antibiotic resistance studies against this bacteria. Currently, there are only a few types of research about the effectiveness of natural medicine against P. aeruginosa. This research aims to test the antimicrobial activity of Camellia s…