Effect of structural characteristics on enzymatic
hydrolysis of bacterial nanocellulose and microcrystalline
cellulose has been studied in this paper. Despite the similar
crystallinity degree and lateral size of crystallites for both
cellulose samples, the conversion degree of BNC after
enzymatic hydrolysis was considerably higher than of MCC.
This fact can be explained by the well-developed porosity
and surface of the nano-structured bacterial cellulose. Due to
these structural features, the BNC sample acquires a high
accessibility to molecules of cellulolytic enzymes that
promotes enzymatic hydrolysis of this sample both in
never-dried and dry state.