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Title: Production of Bacterial Cellulose from Alternate Feedstocks

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OSTI ID:911342

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 & 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
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-99ID-13727
OSTI ID:
911342
Report Number(s):
INEEL/CON-00-00505; TRN: US200724%%706
Resource Relation:
Conference: 22nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals,Gatlinburg, TN,05/07/2000,05/11/2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English