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Cellulose production by Gluconacetobacter hansenii in a medium containing ethanol

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The addition of 1% (v/v) ethanol to the basal medium inhibited growth of Gluconacetobacter hansenii but decreased the numbers of non-cellulose producing cells. Cellulose production increased 1.7 times to approx. 2.5 g l−1 and showed a pattern of mixed growth-associated production. Microbial cells produced rigid pellicle-type bacterial cellulose as the shell of a large lump of bacterial cellulose like a static culture. The inoculum cultivated for 3 d maintained cellulose production by the fifth batch.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, 702-701, Republic of Korea

    Joong Kon Park, Jae Yong Jung & Youn Hee Park

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Park, J.K., Jung, J.Y. & Park, Y.H. Cellulose production by Gluconacetobacter hansenii in a medium containing ethanol. Biotechnology Letters 25, 2055–2059 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BILE.0000007065.63682.18

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