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Bacterial cellulose: A promising biopolymer with interesting properties and applications

P V Navya1, Varnakumar Gayathri2, Debasis Samanta2

  • 1Department of Materials Science, School of Technology, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur 610101, India.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
|August 13, 2022
PubMed

Keywords:
ApplicationsBacterial celluloseBiopolymerModificationsSynthesis

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