Fermentation Techniques and Biotechnological Applications of Modified Bacterial Cellulose: An Up-to-Date Overview

Sayah, Islam; Gervasi, Claudio; Achour, Sami; Gervasi, Teresa

doi:10.3390/fermentation10020100

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Fermentation Techniques and Biotechnological Applications of Modified Bacterial Cellulose: An Up-to-Date Overview

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Islam Sayah

¹,

Claudio Gervasi

²,

Sami Achour

¹ and

Teresa Gervasi

^3,*

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Research Unit UR17ES30 “Genomics, Biotechnology and Antiviral Strategies”, Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Monastir, University of Monastir, Tahar Hadded Avenue, PB74, Monastir 5000, Tunisia

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Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, V. le F. Stagno d’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy

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Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy

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Fermentation 2024, 10(2), 100; https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10020100

Submission received: 31 December 2023 / Revised: 1 February 2024 / Accepted: 4 February 2024 / Published: 8 February 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Review Papers in Industrial Fermentation 2023)

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Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a pure exocellular polysaccharide produced by micro-organisms. It has several properties in comparison with plant-derived cellulose that make it perfectly suitable for many applications, ranging from the food industry to the biomedical area. Different production methods and modification or functionalization procedures have been investigated in response to the many possible attractive applications of BC. This review overviews the different fermentation techniques and functionalization methods together with the main possible biotechnological applications of BC for food industry and biomedical purposes.

Keywords: bacterial cellulose; fermentation processes; functionalization methods; biotechnological applications

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Sayah, I.; Gervasi, C.; Achour, S.; Gervasi, T. Fermentation Techniques and Biotechnological Applications of Modified Bacterial Cellulose: An Up-to-Date Overview. Fermentation 2024, 10, 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10020100

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Sayah I, Gervasi C, Achour S, Gervasi T. Fermentation Techniques and Biotechnological Applications of Modified Bacterial Cellulose: An Up-to-Date Overview. Fermentation. 2024; 10(2):100. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10020100

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Sayah, Islam, Claudio Gervasi, Sami Achour, and Teresa Gervasi. 2024. "Fermentation Techniques and Biotechnological Applications of Modified Bacterial Cellulose: An Up-to-Date Overview" Fermentation 10, no. 2: 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10020100

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Sayah, I., Gervasi, C., Achour, S., & Gervasi, T. (2024). Fermentation Techniques and Biotechnological Applications of Modified Bacterial Cellulose: An Up-to-Date Overview. Fermentation, 10(2), 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation10020100

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