Nature of plant stimulators in the production of Acetobacter xylinum ({open_quotes}Tea fungas{close_quotes}) biofilm used in skin therapy

Conference · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:431592

Fontana, J D; Franco, V C; Lyra, I N; De Souza, A M ^[1]; De Souza, S ^[2]

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1. Federal Univ. of Parana, Curitiba (Brazil)
2. BioFill Produtos Biotecnologicos S/A, Curitiba (Brazil)

Caffeine and related xanthines were identified as potent stimulators for the bacterial cellulose production in A. xylinum. These compounds are present in several plants whose infusions are useful as culture-medium supplements for this acetobacterium. The proposed target for these native purine-like inhibitory substances is the novel diguanyl nucleotide phosphodiesterase(s) that participates in the bacterial cellulogenic complex.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Badger Engineers, Inc., Tampa, FL (United States); Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (United States)
• OSTI ID: 431592
• Report Number(s): CONF-900512-; TRN: 96:006510-0030
• Resource Relation: Conference: 12. symposium on biotechnology fuels and chemicals, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 7-11 May 1990; Other Information: PBD: 1991; Related Information: Is Part Of Twelfth symposium on biotechnology for fuels and chemicals; Greenbaum, E. [ed.] [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)]; Wyman, C.E. [ed.] [Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (United States)]; PB: 934 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BASIC STUDIES
CELLULOSE
BIOSYNTHESIS
BIOTECHNOLOGY
CAFFEINE
PHYSIOLOGY
PLANTS
XANTHINES
FERMENTATION