We may soon be finishing off a box of cereal and then eating the bag it came in. Researchers have turned to bacteria-produced cellulose to create a composite packaging material to replace plastic.

In a recent breakthrough, researchers have utilized a one-step tension-assisted twisting (TAT) method to fabricate bacterial cellulose (BC) macrofibers with exceptional strength and moisture ...

Bacteria produce materials that are of interest to humans, such as cellulose, silk and minerals. The advantage of producing bacteria in this way is that it is sustainable, takes place at room ...

ETH Zurich. (2024, July 30). How researchers turn bacteria into cellulose-producing mini-factories. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 07 ...

Vancouver, Dec. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global bacterial cellulose market size was USD 426.7 Million in 2022 and is expected to register a rapid revenue CAGR of 12.6% during the forecast ...

Bacteria produce materials that are of interest to humans, such as cellulose, silk and minerals. The advantage of producing bacteria in this way is that it is sustainable, takes place at room ...

Danish fashion brand Ganni and Mexican biomaterials company Polybion teamed up to create a blazer made from bacterial cellulose. The bacteria are fed fruit-waste in a process that greatly reduces ...

Bacterial cellulose could be more sustainable than mycelium. As the fashion industry races to find more sustainable substitutes for leather, a number of brands including Ganni, ...

image: Bacterial cellulose in the wet state. view more . Credit: Peter Rüegg / ETH Zurich. Bacteria produce materials that are of interest to humans, such as cellulose, silk and minerals.

Danish fashion brand Ganni and Mexican biomaterials company Polybion teamed up to create a blazer made from bacterial cellulose. The bacteria are fed fruit-waste in a process that greatly reduces ...