Research Article

Revolutionizing Sustainable Fashion: Jute–Mycelium Vegan Leather Reinforced with Polyhydroxyalkanoate Biopolymer Crosslinking from Novel Bacteria

Table 1

Functional properties of mycelium vegan leather along with control sample.

SampleThickness (mm)Solubility (%)Swelling degree (%)Water vapor permeability (g/m2/d)

Leather1.4 ± 0.10a8.72 ± 0.99a96.84 ± 6.32a50.40 ± 3.80a
Control1.17 ± 0.15a10.80 ± 0.34b140.4 ± 5.03b48.07 ± 2.50b

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Difference of letters (a–b) in the same column indicates the difference of statistical significance ().