Abstract
The paper focuses on the synthesis and evaluation of biomineralization potential of composite materials based on bacterial cellulose and synthetic acrylic polymers with negative groups attached. The composite materials were obtained by grafting the monomers carrying negative groups onto the surface of bacterial cellulose. These grafted membranes were then subject to mineralization assay according to T. Kokubo protocol. Cytototoxicity test have shown that this kind of composites did not show a significant in vitro cytotoxicity and could be used for developing biomedical applications. Keywords: bacterial cellulose, acrylic monomers, biomineralization, hydroxyapatite