bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.04.975003; this version posted June 27, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. Superabsorbent crosslinked bacterial cellulose biomaterials for chronic wound dressings Daria Ciecholewska-Juśkoa, Anna Żywickaa, Adam Junkab, Radosław Drozda, Peter Sobolewskic, Paweł Migdałd, Urszula Kowalskae, Monika Toporkiewiczf, Karol Fijałkowskia* aDepartment of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Animal Husbandry, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Piastów 45, 70-311 Szczecin, Poland; bDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wrocław Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wrocław, Poland; cDepartment of Polymer and Biomaterials Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Piastów 45, 70-311 Szczecin, Poland; dDepartment of Environment, Hygiene and Animal Welfare, Faculty of Biology and Animal Science, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, 51- 630 Wrocław, Poland; eCentre of Bioimmobilization and Innovative Packaging Materials, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Janickiego 35, 71-270 Szczecin, Poland; fLaboratory of Confocal Microscopy, Łukasiewicz Research Network - PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, Stabłowicka 147, 54-066 Wrocław, Poland. Corresponding author *Karol Fijałkowski, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Animal Husbandry, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Piastów 45, 70- 311 Szczecin, Poland. Tel.: + 091 449 6714; e-mail address:
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