Biological valorization of wastes and by-products from agro-food and industrial processes 

• Cheese whey
• Glycerol by-product from the biodiesel industry
• Lignocellulosic materials

• Bacteria
• Yeast
• Fungi

Screening for novel polysaccharyde.producer from different habitats (e.g. sea sediments)

Characterization of polysaccharides in terms of:

• Physical-chemical properties (e.g. composition, average molecular weight, solubility, etc.)
• Functional properties (e.g. film-forming capacity, rheology, emulsion-forming and stabilizing capacity, and flocculating activity).