Marine Polysaccharides in Medical and Biotechnological Applications
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbial ecology bioremediation; blue biotechnologies; exopolysaccharides; microbial biofilm
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: microbial ecology; bioremediation; bionanotechnological; bacteria–metal interaction; bioprocess
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We encourage you to submit to Marine Drugs’ Special Issue on “Marine Polysaccharides in Medical and Biotechnological Applications”. Polysaccharides, produced by marine macroalgae, microalgae, and bacteria, are involved in marine organisms’ structural and storage functions and could represent one of their strategies to adapt themself to diverse environments, characterized by fluctuating temperatures, salinity, pH, and nutrients. Polysaccharides are involved in cell interaction and adhesion to substrates, contrasting seawater's high ionic strength and forming a protective barrier against physical, chemical, and biological stresses such as biofilm.
Marine organisms produce a large variety of polysaccharides with unique chemical structures and interesting physicochemical and rheological properties (i.e., viscoelasticity, surfactant, and emulsifying activity) and biological activities as antioxidants, immunostimulants, antimicrobials, and antivirals. Moreover, they can be used as biodegradable scaffold materials in regenerative medicine as coating agents for medical and non-medical applications. As the Guest Editors of this Special Issue of Marine Drugs, we invite you to contribute recent advances in all aspects of marine polysaccharides, identifying their structures and recognizing their effectiveness in future biotechnological applications. We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Vincenzo Zammuto
Dr. Víctor L. Campos
Dr. Damiano Spagnuolo
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- antioxidant
- antimicrobial
- biomedical applications
- biotechnology
- bioremediation
- polysaccharides
- phycocolloids
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