Lignocellulosic biomass has enormous potential to contribute to worldwide energy,
chemical, and material demands in a renewable, sustainable manner. In the United States …

Bacterial cellulose (BC) as a never-dried biopolymer synthesized in abundance by
Gluconacetobacter xylinus is in a pure form which requires no intensive processing to …

The oil crisis during the 1970s turned interest towards the utilization of renewable resources
and towards lignocellulosics in particular. The 1970s were also the cradle period of …

Abstract Information pertaining to enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose by noncomplexed
cellulase enzyme systems is reviewed with a particular emphasis on development of …

Bacterial cellulose, an exopolysaccharide produced by some bacteria, has unique structural
and mechanical properties and is highly pure as compared to plant cellulose. This article …

The ability and, consequently, the limitations of various microbial enzyme systems to
completely hydrolyze the structural polysaccharides of plant cell walls has been the focus of …

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a promising natural polymer that is produced by bacteria and that
has unique and desirable structural, physical, and chemical properties. From the time when …

The present study was conducted to develop bacterial cellulose nanofibers (BCNF) and to
evaluate its ability as a carrier material for the incorporation of the probiotic bacteria …

Despite the fact that the world community is no longer preoccupied with fossil fuel shortages,
there is still considerable research and development directed toward understanding and …

Worldwide photosynthetic fixation of carbon dioxide is estimated to yield annually up to 150
X 10 9 tons of dry plant material (biomass)(Lieth, 1973; Whittaker and Likens, 1973; …