Fabrication and Characterization of Bioblocks from Agricultural Waste Using Fungal Mycelium for Renewable and Sustainable Applications

Joshi, K. B.; Meher, Mukesh Kumar; Poluri, Krishna Mohan

doi:10.1021/acsabm.9b01047

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“…The major sources of these wastes are from commercial centers, construction sectors, domestics, agriculture, and industries [ 3 ]. Improper recycling of wastes generated from these sources has resulted in the pollution of water bodies, air, landfills, and fertile soils [ 4 ]. To minimize the environmental effect of such wastes, recycling technology will be the prominent solution.…”

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confidence: 99%

Mycelium-Based Composite: The Future Sustainable Biomaterial

Alemu

Tafesse

Mondal

2022

International Journal of Biomaterials

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Because of the alarming rate of human population growth, technological improvement should be needed to save the environment from pollution. The practice of business as usual on material production is not creating a circular economy. The circular economy refers to an economic model whose objective is to produce goods and services sustainably, by limiting the consumption and waste of resources (raw materials, water, and energy). Fungal-based composites are the recently implemented technology that fulfills the concept of the circular economy. It is made with the complex of fungi mycelium and organic substrates by using fungal mycelium as natural adhesive materials. The quality of the composite depends on both types of fungi and substrate. To ensure the physicochemical property of the fabricated composite, mycelium morphology, bimolecular content, density, compressive strength, thermal stability, and hydrophobicity were determined. This composite is proven to be used for different applications such as packaging, architectural designs, walls, and insulation. It also has unique features in terms of low cost, low emission, and recyclable.

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confidence: 99%

Mycelium-Based Composite: The Future Sustainable Biomaterial

Alemu

Tafesse

Mondal

2022

International Journal of Biomaterials

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“…New materials based on renewable resources are needed to address pressing global material concerns. Two emerging forest‐based materials, fungal mycelium and nanocellulose (NC), are exceptionally promising as they can be processed into a versatile range of sustainable alternatives that include packaging, [ 1,2 ] flame‐retardants, [ 3,4 ] and substitutes for meat and leather. [ 5 ] The term nanocellulose encompasses the three main families of cellulosic nanomaterials, including cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs), and bacterial nanocellulose (BNC).…”

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Biofabrication of Nanocellulose–Mycelium Hybrid Materials

Attias

Reid

Mijowska

et al. 2020

Advanced Sustainable Systems

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Healthy material alternatives based on renewable resources and sustainable technologies have the potential to disrupt the environmentally damaging production and consumption practices established throughout the modern industrial era. In this study, a mycelium–nanocellulose biocomposite with hybrid properties is produced by the agitated liquid culture of a white‐rot fungus (Trametes ochracea) with nanocellulose (NC) comprised as part of the culture media. Mycelial development proceeds via the formation of pellets, where NC is enriched in the pellets and depleted from the surrounding liquid media. Micrometer‐scale NC elements become engulfed in mycelium, whereas it is hypothesized that the nanometer‐scale fraction becomes integrated within the hyphal cell wall, such that all NC in the system is essentially surface‐modified by mycelium. The NC confers mechanical strength to films processed from the biocomposite, whereas the mycelium screens typical cellulose–water interactions, giving fibrous slurries that dewater faster and films that exhibit significantly improved wet resistance in comparison to pure NC films. The mycelium–nanocellulose biocomposites are processable in the ways familiar to papermaking and are suggested for diverse applications, including packaging, filtration, and hygiene products.

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“…The synthesized material was aquaphobic and exhibited exceptional thermal and power-driven stability. This could find application in the field of wrapping as well as wall lining and also form filtration sheath for the removal of toxic substances (Joshi et al, 2020).…”

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Fungi: The budding source for biomaterials

Mandal

Krishnan

2021

MBJ

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In the last few decades, the demand for introducing biological resources into the multifaceted industry of medicine, food, cosmetics, textiles among others for manufacturing useful products has received immense consideration. Incidentally, fungal mycelium-based resources can act as an important instrument for the same. For example, cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis)P. Karst. on a mixture which includes wheat straws and polypropylene embedded with spores from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. amyloliquefaciens resulted in a very unique biomaterial. This biomaterial is safe, inert, renewable, natural, biodegradable and could be molded in a desired shape. Also, they have high potential as thermal insulation material for applications in building sectors. Another example is of the billion-dollar cosmetic industry which seems to be in awe with byproducts of the fungal organisms for the development of antiaging products. A plus point with these fungal based products is that they are eco-friendly and are cost effective. These fungal organisms are extremely helpful in degrading the wastes produced by humans thus helping in curbing environmental contamination and also performing natural green auditing. This review is an attempt to emphasize the importance of mycelium-based bio-products in cosmetic, medicinal, packaging, enzyme, prebiotic, alkaloid, steroid, pigment, biopolymer, antibiotic, construction, vitamin based and organic acid industries.

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Fabrication and Characterization of Bioblocks from Agricultural Waste Using Fungal Mycelium for Renewable and Sustainable Applications

Cited by 60 publications

References 29 publications

Mycelium-Based Composite: The Future Sustainable Biomaterial

Mycelium-Based Composite: The Future Sustainable Biomaterial

Biofabrication of Nanocellulose–Mycelium Hybrid Materials

Fungi: The budding source for biomaterials

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