TABLE 1.
Systems for incorporation of bacteria into electrospun nanofibers, and their designed uses.
| Bacterium | Source code/strain | Nanofiber polymer | Purpose | References |
| Lb. plantarum | ATCC 8014 | Polyethylene oxide | Delivery system for probiotics | Skrlec et al., 2019 |
| Lb. plantarum | 423 | Polyethylene oxide | Delivery system for bacteriocins and probiotics | Heunis et al., 2010 |
| Lb. plantarum | Cellulose | Delivery system for probiotics | Luan et al., 2018 | |
| Lb. acidophilus | Soluble dietary fiber, oil-palm trunk + oil-palm fronds, with polyvinyl alcohol | Encapsulation of probiotic bacteria | Fung et al., 2011 | |
| Lb. acidophilus | Polyvinyl alcohol + polyvinyl pyrrolidone | Delivery system for probiotics (bacterial vaginosis) | Nagy et al., 2014 | |
| B. lactis | Bb12 | Polyvinyl alcohol | Encapsulation of probiotic bacteria | Akbar et al., 2018 |
| S. thermophilus | TH-4 | |||
| Lb. paracasei | 431 | |||
| B. animalis | Bb12 | Polyvinyl alcohol | Encapsulation of probiotic bacteria | Lopez-Rubio et al., 2009 |
| Lb. plantarum | Fructo-oligosaccharides + Polyvinyl alcohol | Encapsulation of probiotic bacteria | Feng et al., 2018 | |
| Lb. acidophilus | Chitosan | Encapsulation of probiotic bacteria | Ebrahimnejad et al., 2017 | |
| Lb. acidophilus | ATCC 4356 | Polyethylene oxide | Encapsulation of probiotic bacteria | Zupancic et al., 2019 |
| Lb. delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus | ATCC 11842 | |||
| Lb. casei | ATCC 393 | |||
| Lb. gasseri | ATCC 33323 | |||
| Lb. paracasei | ATCC 25302 | |||
| Lb. plantarum | ATCC 8014 | |||
| Lb. reuteri | ATCC 55730 | |||
| Lb. rhamnosus | ATCC 53103 | |||
| Lb. salivarius | ATCC 11741 | |||
| L. lactis ssp. cremoris | MG1363 | |||
| Lb. plantarum | CICC 23941 | Cellulose acetate | Food technology (starter culture) | Hu et al., 2019 |
| Lb. rhamnosus | GG | Polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate | Food technology (food preservation) | Ceylan et al., 2018 |
| Lb. gasseri | Polyvinyl alcohol | Food technology (food supplements) | Amna et al., 2013 | |
| Bacillus sp. | 25.2.M | Polyethylene oxide/chitosan + polyethylene oxide | Delivery system for probiotics (periodontal disease) | Zupancic et al., 2018 |
| S. epidermidis | Carboxymethyl cellulose/Polyethylene oxide | Delivery system for probiotics (diabetic foot) | Kurecic et al., 2018 | |
| G. oxydans | DSM2343 | Polycaprolactone/polyethyleneimine | Biosensing (glucose) | Gordegir et al., 2019 |
| P. agglomerans | ISIB55 | Polyvinyl alcohol | Agriculture (seed coating) | De Gregorio et al., 2017 |
| B. caribensis | ISIB40 | |||
| Spirulina sp. | LEB 18 | Poly hydroxybutyrate–hydroxyvalerate/polycaprolactone | Tissue engineering scaffold | Schmatz et al., 2016 |
| Spirulina sp. | Polyethylene oxide | Tissue engineering scaffold | de Morais et al., 2010 | |
| Spirulina sp. | LEB 18 | Poly hydroxybutyrate | Food packaging | Kuntzler et al., 2018 |