Production of bacterial cellulose from alternate feedstocks

Conference · Sun May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2000

OSTI ID:757423

Thompson, D N; Hamilton, M A

Production of bacterial cellulose by Acetobacter xylinum ATCC 10821 and 23770 in static cultures was tested from unamended food process effluents. Effluents included low- and high-solids potato effluents (LS and HS), cheese whey permeate (CW), and sugar beet raffinate (CSB). Strain 23770 produced 10% less cellulose from glucose than did 10821, and diverted more glucose to gluconate. Unamended HS, CW, and CSB were unsuitable for cellulose production by either strain, while LS was unsuitable for production by 10821. However, 23770 produced 17% more cellulose from LS than from glucose, indicating unamended LS could serve as a feedstock for bacterial cellulose.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-99ID13727
• OSTI ID: 757423
• Report Number(s): INEEL/CON-2000-00505; TRN: AH200020%%23
• Resource Relation: Conference: 22nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Gatlinburg, TN (US), 05/07/2000--05/11/2000; Other Information: PBD: 7 May 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
CELLULOSE
BACTERIA
BIOSYNTHESIS
CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
POTATOES
WHEY
SUGAR BEETS
BACTERIAL CELLULOSE
ACETOBACTER XYLINUM
POTATO EFFLUENT
BEET RAFFINATE
WHEY PERMEATE