Table 1 Features of the bacterial cellulose produced by the strain SEE-3 in comparison with other bacterial species.

From: Bacterial nanocellulose production using Cantaloupe juice, statistical optimization and characterization

BC source

Properties

Structure and properties

References

Bacillus sp. strain SEE-3

Morphology

BC is needle-shaped particles with diameters of 30‒40 nm and lengths of 560‒1400 nm

Current study

Crystallinity

Crystallinity degree value of 79.58%

Zeta potential

Possess a negatively charged surface of Zeta potential − 14.7 mV

Solubility

Insoluble in water, ammonia solution or organic solvents. Soluble in the mixture of 7% NaOH, 12% urea, and 81% distilled water

Maximum weight loss temperature

The bacterial nanocellulose showed a very low mass loss rate of 0.619% at 413.07–799.76 °C (TGA analysis)

BC (nata de coco) Komagataeibacter xylinus

Morphology

BC is needle-like with diameters ranging between 33.7 and 44.3 nm, and lengths ranging between 622 and 1322 nm

Vasconcelos et al.89

Crystallinity

Crystallinity degree value of 79%

Zeta potential

Possess a negatively charged surface

Solubility

Not detected

Maximum weight loss temperature

The bacterial nanocellulose showed a mass loss rate of 0.77% at 335 °C (TGA analysis)

Komagataeibacter rhaeticus PG2

Morphology

BC is a fibrillar width in the range of 30–80 nm

Thorat and Dastager90

Crystallinity

Crystallinity degree value of 58–80%

Zeta potential

Not detected

Solubility

Not detected

Maximum weight loss temperature

The maximum degradation of weight loss is 85–95% was observed up to 395 °C (TGA analysis)

Acetobacter xylinum

Morphology

Long, smooth and oriented fibril bundles s that have a width varying from 70 to 200 nm

Surma-Ślusarska et al.91

Crystallinity

Not detected

Zeta potential

Not detected

Solubility

Not detected

Maximum weight loss temperature

A quick drop in sample weight begins at 300 °C, the maximum decomposition occurs at 350–370 °C

Gluconacetobacter hansenii (Komagataeibacter hansenii)

Morphology

Ultrafine nanofibrils, average fiber diameters were ranged from 47.64 to 61.11 nm

Costa et al.39, Güzel and Akpınar95

Crystallinity

crystallinities were ranged from 80.27 to 92.96%

Zeta potential

Not detected

Solubility

Not detected

Maximum weight loss temperature

Maximum decomposition occurred at 290–310 °C based on the medium. 70–80% of weight loss is observed at 360–600 °C

Gluconacetobacter xylinus

Morphology

A dense network of fibrils with an average diameter of 30–200 nm

Sijabat et al.; Abba et al.; Nyakuma et al.92,93,94

Crystallinity

The crystallinity index was 86.94%

Zeta potential

The potential zeta absolute value − 11.39 mV

Solubility

Not detected

Maximum weight loss temperature

Significant thermal degradation from 183.24 to 363.79 °C and total mass loss was 57.24