Overview of Bacterial Cellulose Production and Application

By F. Esa, S. M. Tasirin, Norliza Abd. Rahman. 2014

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Abstract Bacterial cellulose (BC), produced by aerobic bacteria received ample of attention due to its unique physiochemical properties compared to plant cellulose. Intense researches on BC mainly focus on biosynthetic process to achieve low-cost preparation and high cellulose production. BC has been used as biomaterial for medical field, electrical instrument and food ingredient. However, BC alone has limited capabilities to fulfil current demand on high-performance biomaterials. Hence, BC composite has been introduced to enhance BC properties through addition of reinforcement materials. This review discusses current knowledge in fermentation process and potential application of BC including its application in food industry.

Subfields: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Plant Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Scaffolds for 3D Cell Culture and Cellular Agriculture Applications Derived From Non-animal Sources (2019, background): “Although plant and bacterial cellulose share an identical α-cellulose structure, bacterial cellulose possess greater crystallinity, degree of polymerization and water holding capacity (Esa et al., 2014; Moniri et al., 2017).”