Investigation of properties of bacterial cellulose synthesized by Acetobacter xylinum using coconut water

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Investigation of properties of bacterial cellulose synthesized by Acetobacter xylinum using coconut water

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Recent advances in the field of biomaterials indicate the significance and potential of various microbial polysaccharides in the development of novel classes of materials. Among them, bacterial cellulose, a polymer synthesized in abundance by Acetobacter xylinum, show vast potential to be used as a membrane, as a wound healing system, as electronic paper or as a food matrix. Bacterial cellulose, while chemically the same as plant cellulose is entirely free of lignin and hemicellulose. It disp...

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2012

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Ismail, Fathima / Premalal, S / Chinniah, TR / de Alwis, AAP

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/29054

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