In a significant advancement for sustainable industrial practices, a team of international researchers have conducted a ...

In a recent breakthrough, researchers have utilized a one-step tension-assisted twisting (TAT) method to fabricate bacterial ...

The quest for sustainable materials with advanced functionalities has led to the development of a novel class of composites ...

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Bacterial building blocks Cellulose nanofibres are widely available, strong and recyclable. In general, cellulose nanofibres made from tree pulp are several micrometres-long or less, and therefore ...

The majority of recent studies on cellulose nanomaterials for tissue engineering have employed bacterial cellulose, a material with a profile of properties unique among biomaterials commonly used ...

Researchers at Penn State University are developing a microbial fuel cell that consumes cellulose and generates electricity. They are doing this by combining two types of bacteria, one that can ...

"The Biosphere Cellulose Kitchen presents how the production of bacterial cellulose, as a replacement for single-use plastic, can be integrated into our everyday routines," told Abi Lambert Design.

The key to breaking down the cellulose into individual sugar molecules seems to be enzymes. A research team at the University of Rochester, has been doing genetic sequencing of bacteria that can ...

People pass gas 14 times per day, on average. This gas is produced by bacteria in the colon. In the colon, bacteria break down cellulose, so if undigested food enters the colon, there is more for the ...

In contrast, fungi show a greater ability to break down complex organic polymers, such as polyphenols, hemicellulose, and refractory cellulose, compared to bacteria. Professor Chen added ...