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ArticleBio-protocol2026

From Bacterial Cellulose Production by

Martina Schibeci, Rosa Gaglione, Erika Piccolo, Bartolomeo Della Ventura, Angela Arciello

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Article in Bio-protocol, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Martina SchibeciDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Rosa GaglioneDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Erika PiccoloDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Bartolomeo Della VenturaDepartment of Physics "Ettore Pancini", University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Angela ArcielloDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a renewable biopolymer valued for its exceptional purity, biocompatibility, and mechanical strength, with broad applications in biomedicine and sustainable materials. However, achieving reproducible BC production and downstream processing remains a major challenge. Inoculum preparation is particularly difficult to standardize because cellulose-producing strains form pellicles that sequester cells, making optical density measurements unreliable. In addition, recovery and drying procedures can alter fiber accessibility, and enzymatic hydrolysis conditions are often inconsistently defined and lack proper enzyme activity assessment. These issues contribute to substantial variability in BC-derived nanoparticle yields. This protocol describes the production of BC from

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Antimicrobial material platformsBacterial celluloseBacterial cellulose nanoparticlesCellulase activityDynamic light scattering (DLS)Enzymatic hydrolysisEnzyme-assisted nanoparticle synthesisKomagataeibacter xylinusNanomaterial characterizationScanning electron microscopy (SEM)Sustainable biomaterialsTransmission electron microscopy (TEM)

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PMID42725361
PMCPMC13561677

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