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TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 12, Pages 1321-1331Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2021.03.002
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Fungi are a revolutionary and sustainable manufacturing platform that can convert byproducts and waste into flexible fungal materials, which have a wide range of applications and contribute to improving global environmental sustainability.
Fungi are a revolutionary, smart, and sustainable manufacturing platform that can be used to upcycle byproducts and wastes into flexible fungal materials (FFMs) such as chitin- and beta-glucan-based foams, paper, and textiles. With highly adaptable manufacturing pathways, the efficiency and properties of these materials depend on the biomass source and fermentation method. Liquid substrates provide fast, upscalable, and compact production processes but are susceptible to contamination and are limited to paper-like materials for printing, wound dressings, and membranes. Solid-state fermentation is cheaper but struggles to deliver homogeneous fungal growth and is used to produce fungal foams for packaging, insulation, textiles, and leather substitutes. The broad range of applications and uses of biological organisms in materials hallmarks fungi as forerunners in improving environmental sustainability globally.
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