FIGURE 2.

Development of photosynthetic biomaterials. The combination of photosynthetic microorganisms such as cyanobacteria (A) and green algae (B–E) with biomedical devices routinely used in clinical practice, such as dermal scaffolds (B) or suture threads (C), has enabled the development of biomaterials that are capable of producing oxygen in situ. Moreover, the biocompatibility of these organisms with animal life has been demonstrated both in vitro under co-cultivation conditions with mammalian cells and in vivo in several vertebrate models like zebrafish (D) and mice (E). Scale bars represent 1 mm in (A,C,E), 1 cm in (B), and 0.2 mm in (D).