Sustainable production of second generation biocellulose and its green technology applications

• Main Authors: Muhamad, Ida Idayu, Pa’e, Norhayati, Zahan, Khairul Azly
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62138/; https://conferencealerts.com/show-event?id=152009
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Commonly, biocellulose was harvested from trees and cotton. However, Acetobacter xylinum, a gram-negative bacteria was discovered as being the microorganism capable of producing biocellulose by fermentation. This first generation of biocellulose is widely known as Nata whereby in Malaysia, this bioc...