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Emerging technologies for intensifying functional single-cell ingredient production

Khalilan Lambangsari1, Oscar M Elizondo Sada2, Inge I A Braak2

  • 1Bioprocess Engineering, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands; School of Life Sciences and Technology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia.

Trends in Biotechnology
|March 15, 2026
PubMed
Summary

New downstream processing methods using external fields, cold plasma, and supercritical fluids can improve microbial biotechnology. This review explores these advanced techniques for more sustainable and efficient production of functional ingredients from microbial and microalgal biorefineries.

Keywords:
external fieldsmild processingmultiproduct biorefineryprocess intensificationsingle-cell ingredient

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