ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2022
Biochemistry, Synthesis, and Applications of Bacterial Cellulose: A Review.
Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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- Microbial Valorization of Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Waste into Bacterial Cellulose: Innovations for Circular Bioeconomy Integration.Microorganisms · 2025Review
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- Development of hybrid biomicroparticles: cellulose exposing functionalized fusion proteins.Microbial cell factories · 2024Article
- Force-Induced Alignment of Nanofibrillated Bacterial Cellulose for the Enhancement of Cellulose Composite Macrofibers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Cellulose Synthase in Atacama Cyanobacteria and Bioethanol Production from Their Exopolysaccharides.Microorganisms · 2023Article
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Abstract
The potential of cellulose nanocomposites in the new-generation super-performing nanomaterials is huge, primarily in medical and environment sectors, and secondarily in food, paper, and cosmetic sectors. Despite substantial illumination on the molecular aspects of cellulose synthesis, various process features, namely, cellular export of the nascent polysaccharide chain and arrangement of cellulose fibrils into a quasi-crystalline configuration, remain obscure. To unleash its full potential, current knowledge on nanocellulose dispersion and disintegration of the fibrillar network and the organic/polymer chemistry needs expansion. Bacterial cellulose biosynthesis mechanism for scaled-up production, namely, the kinetics, pathogenicity, production cost, and product quality/consistency remain poorly understood. The bottom-up bacterial cellulose synthesis approach makes it an interesting area for still wider and promising high-end applications, primarily due to the nanosynthesis mechanism involved and the purity of the cellulose. This study attempts to identify the knowledge gap and potential wider applications of bacterial cellulose and bacterial nanocellulose. This review also highlights the manufacture of bacterial cellulose through low-cost substrates, that is, mainly waste from brewing, agriculture, food, and sugar industries as well as textile, lignocellulosic biorefineries, and pulp mills.
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