1. Production of Bacterial Cellulose with Enhanced Mechanical Properties Using Pullulan Additive and Co-Culturing Methods Open Access Author: Hu, Hetian Title: Production of Bacterial Cellulose with Enhanced Mechanical Properties Using Pullulan Additive and Co-Culturing Methods Graduate Program: Agricultural and Biological Engineering Keywords: Bacterial CelluloseCo-culture FermentationBionanocompositeExopolysaccharidesAureobasidium pullulansGluconacetobacter hanseniiPullulanRibbon AssemblyCrystallinityCrystal SizeYoung's ModulusTensile Strength File: Download Hetian_Graduate_Thesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Jeffrey M Catchmark, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorAli Demirci, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEdward G Dudley, Committee MemberPaul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair