However, BC itself does not have antibacterial property which
is crucial to prevent wound infection during the wound healing.
In order to obtain antibacterial activity in BC wound dressing,
some researches have been carried out. The Xylos company developed
an improved bacterial cellulose wound dressing product
“XCell Antimicrobial Wound Dressing”, which has been successfully
marketed in the US since 2003 (Frankel, Serafica, & Damien,
2004). Maneerung et al.