“…According to Zheng, Li, Zhang, and Wang, (2007), the main classes of natural polymers used to produce hydrogels are: i) proteins such as collagen, gelatin, soy, and fish proteins (Zohuriaan-Mehr, Pourjavadi, Salimi, & Kurdtabar, 2009); and ii) carbohydrates such as starch (Chen et al, 2015), cellulose and its derivatives (Bao et al, (Bansal, Sharma, Sharma, Pal, & Malviya, 2011;Cuadri, Bengoechea, Romero, & Guerrero, 2016;Guilherme et al, 2015;Wang, Huang, Kang, & Wang, 2013). Moreover, an interesting raw material for producing hydrogels is the bacterial cellulose.…”