Publications by authors named "Michal Broda"
This study aimed to characterize potato varieties for producing potato juice media (PJM) that allow bacterial cellulose (BC) effective and cost-efficient production. The study used 12 edible and 10 starch potato varieties from an accredited company for breeding and seed production. In general, edible varieties produced a 73 % higher PJ yield.
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- Developed a bi-functional Bacterial-Nano-Cellulose (BNC) carrier system to cultivate cells from a medicinal plant that produces antimicrobial compounds.
- The BNC was created over different durations (3, 5, or 7 days) and tested in three forms: unpurified, partially cleaned, and fully purified.
- Results showed the 3-day-old, unpurified BNC had the highest levels of beneficial compounds and exhibited anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, suggesting its use in treating local infections.
In this work, we verified the possibility of valorizing a major waste product of the potato starch industry, potato tuber juice (PJ). We obtained a cost-effective, ecological-friendly microbiological medium that yielded bacterial cellulose (BC) with properties equivalent to those from conventional commercial Hestrin-Schramm medium. The BC yield from the PJ medium (>4 g/L) was comparable, despite the lack of any pre-treatment.
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