Insects cannot metabolise cellulose independently, but the presence of these bacteria allow cellulose to be metabolised into basic sugars.

The hydroxyl groups on the cellulose are reported to help stabilize the particles.

From 1845 (when this was discovered by Schmidt) until 1958 (when cellulose fibres were found in mammalian connective tissue), ascidians were believed to be the only animals that synthesised cellulose.

I'm essentially using a kombucha recipe, which is a symbiotic mix of bacteria, yeasts and other micro organisms, which spin cellulose in a fermentation process.

Bacterial cellulose is actually already being used for wound healing, and possibly in the future for biocompatible blood vessels, possibly even replacement bone tissue.

But what we're going to talk about today is really design. Really good designers are like sponges they really are curious and absorb every kind of information that comes their way, and transform it so that it can be used by people like us.

Finally, I came to know it is a special cellulose derived from a pinewood, but even after that, you need a multimillion dollar plant like this to process that material. Again, a stop up.

Every part of the ecosystem in this place seems very healthy, from tiny, little animals like a nudibrank crawling over encrusting sponge or a leatherjacket that is a very important animal in this ecosystem because it grazes on the bottom and allows new life to take hold.