BACKGROUND As a green alternative for the production of transportation fuels, the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose and subsequent fermentation to ethanol are being intensively researched. To be economically feasible, the hydrolysis of lignocellulose must be conducted at a high concentration of solids, which results in high concentrations of hydrolysis end-products, cellobiose and glucose,...

Abstract In this work, we demonstrate the preparation of oriented bacterial cellulose from Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans by rheotactic growth in a simple and adaptable setup. The resulting materials were assessed their yields, geometric densities, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron optical microscopy, mechanical testing. They exhibited large differences toughness, fracture strain or highly...

Abstract Cellulose is one of the most abundant natural materials in world. It has a long-chain carbohydrate polymer made up repeating glucose units. Reviewed literature shows that material been widely explored as functional ingredient foods, including meat products, emulsions, beverages, dairy bread, confectionery, and fillings. This many promising applications food nutraceutical industries. ca...

A practicable, cost-effective and eco-friendly protocol of bagasse preservation for six months has been evolved. It envisages exposure of 4 ppm ozone once per month on 200 kg bagasse covered with polythene sheet. It afforded substantial (87%) reduction of bacterial, fungal and yeast count, concomitantly retaining initial properties of fiber, largely arresting degradation of cellulose and hemi-c...

Drug-loaded mono- and multilayer composite membranes were prepared. The composites, based on nano-fibrillated bacterial cellulose, nano-powdered polyvinyl alcohol, all biocompatible biodegradable, characterized in terms of basic factors related to drug diffusivity mass transfer: swelling ability, water solubility, vapor permeability. Tetracycline hydrochloride was used this case as model. Drug ...

The relative abundance of micromonosporas in the bacterial communities inhabiting cellulose baits, water columns, and sediments of two freshwater lakes was determined by quantitative PCR (qPCR) of reverse-transcribed 16S rRNA. Micromonospora spp. were shown to be significant members of the active bacterial population colonizing cellulosic substrates in the lake sediment, and their increased pre...

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is an uprising bio-polymer produced by various bacterial strains, which infamous for its prominent biological properties and applications. Receiving ample attention due to those unique properties, genus strains have been used BC biosynthesis the studies of production recorded throughout years. Although a lot research implementation has done on BC, in search low-cost, ef...