Over the past few decades, the term polymer has been repeatedly used in several industries
for their immense characteristics in different applications. Polymers and their composites …

This review article provides a comprehensive overview of bacterial cellulose (BC), focusing
on its physicochemical properties, production methods, purification techniques, and …

Background Cellulose, the most versatile biomolecule on earth, is available in large
quantities from plants. However, cellulose in plants is accompanied by other polymers like …

Abstract Raman and Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy was used for
investigation of structural differences of bacterial celluloses (BC), obtained by cultivation …

A strain of acetic acid bacteria, Komagataeibacter xylinus B-12068, was studied as a source
for bacterial cellulose (BC) production. The effects of cultivation conditions (carbon sources …

Bacterial cellulose (BC), produced by Acetobacter xylinum, has been given a great attention
due to its high potency for many industrial applications. An optimized substrate is important …

Bacterial cellulose demonstrates unique properties including high mechanical strength,
crystallinity and water retention ability that are suitable for industrial applications, such as …

The competitiveness of bacterial cellulose (BC) production with plant cellulose can be
achieved by production on cost-effective media. It was found that the bacterial cell number …

In this research a bench scale rotating biological contactor (RBC) was designed and
constructed to produce BC. The effects of variables including rotation speed of the disk …

The effect of the particle sizes of bacterial cellulose (BC) that used as reinforcement for
polylactic acid (PLA) biocomposites was investigated. The content of BC in PLA was fixed at …