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Microbial polysaccharides are a renewable resource that has gained increasing interest for biomedical applications due to their outstanding properties. The abundance of these polysaccharides allows their sustainability and provides monetary value for new functional biomaterials. Furthermore, the increasing worldwide demand for active substances offering several health benefits could be the future source of innovation for microbial polysaccharides. The latest developments involving polysaccharides of microbial origin and their biomedical applications are overviewed herein.

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  1. 3B’s Research Group, I3Bs – Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, 4805-017, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal

    Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Hajer Radhouani & Rui L. Reis

  2. ICVS/3B’s – PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

    Joaquim Miguel Oliveira, Hajer Radhouani & Rui L. Reis

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  1. 3B’s Research Group, I3Bs – Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal

    Joaquim Miguel Oliveira

  2. 3B’s Research Group, I3Bs – Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal

    Hajer Radhouani

  3. 3B’s Research Group, I3Bs – Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal

    Rui L. Reis

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Oliveira, J.M., Radhouani, H., Reis, R.L. (2022). Introduction. In: Oliveira, J.M., Radhouani, H., Reis, R.L. (eds) Polysaccharides of Microbial Origin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42215-8_1

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