Lowering costs of microbial cellulose

Pajuelo, María González; Bungay, Henry; Hogg, Tim; Vasconcelos, Isabel

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Pajuelo, María González

Bungay, Henry

Hogg, Tim

Vasconcelos, Isabel

Abstract(s)

We have been conducting research with Acetobacter xylinium for microbial conversion of sugars to cellulose. A rotating disk biological contactor should lower costs considerably because its production rates are greater than for the usual method of surface culture. Another major cost saving comes from replacing expensive sugars in the medium with sugars derived from wastes. Extracts of spent grapes from wastes of Portuguese wine factories supply suitable sugars for good production of microbial cellulose.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/8205

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PAJUELO, María González... [et al.] - Lowering costs of microbial cellulose. In Joint China/USA Chemical Engineering Conference, 2nd, Beijing, China, 19-22 May, 1997 - Second Joint China/USA Chemical Engineering Conference: Proceedings. [S.l.] : Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, 1997. Vol. 3. p. 1060-1066