“…Similarly, the DP of natural cotton can be as high as 15,000, but is reduced to 1,000 -3,000 or less in the preparation of cotton linters involving treatment to accomplish dewaxing and whitening (Kleman-Leyer et al, 1992Okazaki and MooYoung, 1978;Ryu and Lee, 1982), and filter paper made from cotton pulp has a DP of 500 -1,000 or higher (Nisizawa, 1973;Kongruang et al, 2004). Bacterial cellulose (BC) has an average DP of 2,000 -3,000 (Hestrin, 1963;Fierobe et al, 2002;Valjamae et al, 1999), while bacterial microcrystalline cellulose (BMCC) prepared by treatment of BC with acids ranges from 130 -1,300, depending on hydrolysis conditions (Valjamae et al, 1999). The DP of phosphoric-acid swollen cellulose (PASC) ranges from 30 to more than 1,000 Krassig, 1985;Petre et al, 1981;Wood and McCrae, 1972), depending on the DP of the starting substrate (Wood, 1988;Hoshino et al, 1997), as well as the phosphoric acid incubation time and temperature (Krassig, 1993).…”