High Rate Production in Static Culture of Bacterial Cellulose from Sucrose by a Newly Isolated Acetobacter Strain

Abstract

For the industrial production of bacterial cellulose from sucrose in static cultures, the possibility of a high rate of cellulose production was investigated. An Acetobacter strain, S-35, which had been isolated from a grape, was selected from 1500 isolates. This strain was found to produce a large amount of cellulose from either glucose ot fructose. Using this strain, high cellulose production rates of 3.3 g/liter/d or 40 g/m²/d from sucrose were seen in static culture.