Bacterium-containing hydrogel and method of making the same
AssigneeNational Central University
InventorChun-Ming HUANG
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a bacterium-contained hydrogel including: hydrogel, bacteria, and metabolites. The hydrogel includes a plurality of polymer chains crosslinked with each other, and each of the polymer chains include at least one polyethylene glycol chain. The bacteria are located in the hydrogel, and the bacteria use the polymer chains as a carbon source for fermentation. The metabolites are produced from the fermentation of the bacteria using the polymer chains as a carbon source. The metabolites distribute in the hydrogel. The present disclosure also provides a method for making bacterium-contained hydrogel.
Claims20
A bacterium-contained hydrogel comprising:
- a hydrogel comprising a plurality of polymer chains crosslinked with each other, each of the polymer chains comprising at least one polyethylene glycol chain;
- bacteria located within the hydrogel, the bacteria using the polymer chains as a carbon source for fermentation;
- metabolites produced from the fermentation of the bacteria using the polymer chains as a carbon source, the metabolites distributing in the hydrogel.
A method for preparing a bacterium-contained hydrogel comprising:
- providing or receiving an aqueous polymer solution, the aqueous polymer solution containing a polymer having at least one polyethylene glycol chain;
- mixing bacteria with the aqueous polymer solution containing the polymer having the polyethylene glycol chain;
- inducing a crosslinking reaction within the aqueous solution containing the bacteria and the polymer having the polyethylene glycol chain, and forming a hydrogel containing the bacteria;
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- incubating the bacteria in the hydrogel, wherein the bacteria produce metabolites through using the polymer having the polyethylene chain as a carbon source for fermentation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.