Kaumera
About this material
Kaumera is a (hydro)gel that is recovered from bacterial biomass, that is fed on industrial wastewater. The recovery of biopolymers from waste streams makes Kaumera a biobased and circular product. The product consists mainly of (glyco)protein and polysaccharides. Its diversity of biomolecules gives it a variety of functional groups, what gives the product unique characteristics to play with.
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