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ClearBacterial cellulose: A smart biomaterial for biomedical applications
This review covers bacterial cellulose, a natural material produced by bacteria that has unique properties like high purity, biodegradability, and excellent water retention. It shows promise for medical uses including wound healing, drug delivery, and tissue engineering as a sustainable alternative to synthetic materials. As concerns grow about microplastic contamination from synthetic polymers in medical products, biodegradable alternatives like bacterial cellulose become increasingly relevant.
Applications of regenerated bacterial cellulose: a review
This review examines bacterial cellulose as a sustainable alternative to synthetic polymers that contribute to microplastic pollution. Bacterial cellulose is biodegradable, renewable, and has strong mechanical properties, making it suitable for packaging, textiles, and biomedical applications. The study highlights recent advances in processing techniques that could make bacterial cellulose more commercially viable as a replacement for plastics in everyday products.
From Nature to Lab: Sustainable Bacterial Cellulose Production and Modification with Synthetic Biology
This review explores how bacterial cellulose, a versatile biopolymer produced by Komagataeibacter and Novacetimonas species, can be sustainably manufactured using agricultural and food waste as growth substrates. Researchers highlight advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology that enable the production of novel functionalized biomaterials, positioning bacterial cellulose as a green alternative with applications spanning medicine, food packaging, and electronics.
Biotechnology in Food Packaging Using Bacterial Cellulose
This review explores bacterial cellulose as a biodegradable, biocompatible alternative to conventional plastic food packaging, which contributes to micro- and nanoplastic pollution that threatens both the environment and human health. While bacterial cellulose shows strong potential due to its mechanical strength and food preservation abilities, scaling up production remains a challenge due to higher costs and manufacturing difficulties.
Applicability of bacterial cellulose in cosmetics – bibliometric review
Researchers reviewed scientific literature on bacterial cellulose — a natural material produced by bacteria — and its potential uses in cosmetics as a sustainable alternative to synthetic ingredients. Studies show it shows strong promise for use in face masks for delivering active compounds and improving skin hydration, making it a candidate to replace some petroleum-based cosmetic materials.
Bacterial Nanocellulose toward Green Cosmetics: Recent Progresses and Challenges
This review summarizes recent advances in the use of bacterial nanocellulose as a sustainable ingredient in cosmetic formulations, highlighting its potential to replace synthetic microplastic-containing polymers used as film formers, fillers, and carrier materials in skin care products.
Ecological packaging: Creating sustainable solutions with all-natural biodegradable cellulose materials
Researchers developed a pure cellulose food packaging material by combining bacterial cellulose and ethyl cellulose — both natural, biodegradable materials — into a strong, water-resistant film that degrades naturally and avoids the microplastic pollution associated with conventional single-use plastic packaging. The material's mechanical strength, water resistance, and recyclability position it as a practical plastic replacement for food packaging.
Review on the strategies for enhancing mechanical properties of bacterial cellulose
This review synthesizes strategies for improving the mechanical properties of bacterial cellulose, examining how modifications to the biopolymer's three-dimensional nanonetwork structure — including porosity, fiber arrangement, and crosslinking chemistry — can enhance its strength and toughness for biomedical and materials applications.
Flexible, high-strength, and porous nano-nano composites based on bacterial cellulose for wearable electronics: a review
This review examined bacterial cellulose-based nano-nano composites for flexible wearable electronics, finding that bacterial cellulose's high purity, biodegradability, and three-dimensional nano-networked structure make it a promising sustainable alternative to petroleum-based polymer substrates.
The Quest Towards Superhydrophobic Cellulose and Bacterial Cellulose Membranes and Their Perspective Applications
This review examines advances in developing superhydrophobic cellulose and bacterial cellulose membranes, biopolymers that offer an eco-friendly alternative to synthetic polymers which generate microplastics and toxic substances. The review covers functionalization strategies that modify physical, chemical, and biological properties of these high-surface-area materials and surveys their emerging applications in filtration, oil-water separation, and environmental remediation.
In Situ Synthesis of Plasticized Bacterial Cellulose Films for Daily Packaging Using Biobased Plasticizers
Researchers synthesized plasticized bacterial cellulose films in situ and characterized their mechanical, optical, and barrier properties for daily packaging applications, finding the bio-based materials offered competitive performance with lower environmental impact than petroleum-based alternatives.
Bacterial cellulose biopolymers: The sustainable solution to water-polluting microplastics
Researchers developed bacterial cellulose (BC) biopolymer filters as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based polymer filters used in wastewater treatment plant microplastic removal. BC filters showed high MP capture efficiency and are biodegradable, addressing both microplastic pollution and the environmental costs of conventional synthetic filter maintenance.
In Situ Fermentation of an Ultra-Strong, Microplastic-Free, and Biodegradable Multilayer Bacterial Cellulose Film for Food Packaging
Researchers developed an ultra-strong, biodegradable multilayer bacterial cellulose film for food packaging using an in situ fermentation approach with gellan gum assistance. The study presents a microplastic-free alternative to conventional plastic packaging that incorporates antibacterial properties through quaternary ammonium chitosan microspheres.
Nanocellulose as Sustainable Bio-Nanomaterial for Packaging and Biomedical Applications
This review examines the potential of nanocellulose, a material derived from plant fibers, as a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics in packaging and biomedical applications. Researchers found that nanocellulose can provide effective moisture and gas barriers when used in paper-based packaging, reducing the need for plastic coatings. The study highlights nanocellulose as a biodegradable, renewable material that could help address both plastic waste and food preservation challenges.
Multifunctional Application of Biopolymers and Biomaterials
This paper is not about microplastics; it is a broad review of multifunctional applications of biopolymers and biomaterials across medicine, packaging, and engineering.
New perspectives in fashion sustainability through the use of bacterial cellulose
This review examines how bacterial cellulose can open new sustainability pathways for the fashion industry, exploring its potential as a bio-based material to reduce the sector's high environmental impact from accelerating production cycles and increasing textile waste.
Citric acid cross-linked regenerated bacterial cellulose as biodegradable and biocompatible film for food packaging
Researchers developed biodegradable packaging films from regenerated bacterial cellulose cross-linked with citric acid. The films showed good mechanical strength, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Bacterial cellulose-based packaging could serve as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastic films and reduce microplastic generation from food packaging.
Microbial-Derived Biopolymers: A Pathway to Sustainable Civil Engineering
This review examines microbial-derived biopolymers and their potential applications in civil engineering as sustainable alternatives to conventional materials. Researchers surveyed the types of biopolymers available, their properties, and current uses in construction and infrastructure. The study suggests that these nature-friendly materials could help reduce dependence on petroleum-based plastics and contribute to sustainable development goals, though their adoption in civil engineering remains limited.
Biopolymers as renewable polymeric materials for sustainable development - an overview
This review examines biopolymers as renewable polymer materials for sustainable development, covering starch-, cellulose-, bacteria-, soy-, and natural polyester-based biopolymers, their applications, and their potential to replace conventional synthetic plastics derived from fossil resources.
Regenerated bacterial cellulose fibres
Bacterial cellulose produced by fermentation was processed into regenerated fibers as a sustainable textile alternative, demonstrating that bacterial cellulose can be dissolved and regenerated into fibrous materials with properties suitable for textile applications.
Bacterial Cellulose: From Biofabrication to Applications in Sustainable Fashion and Vegan Leather
Despite its classification in this database, this systematic review focuses on bacterial cellulose biofabrication for sustainable textiles and vegan leather — not microplastic pollution. It identifies challenges including low yields, strain instability, and high production costs, while noting advances in synthetic biology and genetic engineering that could make bacterial cellulose commercially viable as a plastic alternative.
Silicon-infused bacterial cellulose: in situ bioprocessing for tailored strength and surface characteristics
Not relevant to microplastics — this is a materials science study on producing silicon-modified bacterial cellulose for applications requiring tailored surface characteristics and tensile strength.
Recent Advances in Biopolymers for Biomedical and Packaging Applications
This review examines recent advances in biopolymers -- including polysaccharides, proteins, and synthetic biopolymers -- for applications in biomedical and packaging fields. The authors highlight the appeal of biopolymers as sustainable, biodegradable, and biocompatible alternatives to conventional petroleum-based materials.
Applications of Biopolymers in Bioengineering: A Comprehensive Review
This comprehensive review covers the wide range of biopolymers — natural, biodegradable polymers from living organisms — and their applications in bioengineering, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, and packaging. Biopolymers are presented as sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics that could help reduce microplastic generation.