Bacterial cellulose production by Acetobacter xylinum in a 50-L internal-loop airlift reactor
✍ Scribed by Yaping Chao; Takehiko Ishida; Yasushi Sugano; Makoto Shoda
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3592
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✦ Synopsis
Bacterial cellulose (BC) production was realized in a batch cultivation of Acetobacter xylinum subsp. sucrofermentans BPR2001 in a 50-L internal-loop airlift re- actor. When the bacterium was cultivated with air supply, 3.8 g/L of BC was produced after 67 hours. When oxygen-enriched gas was supplied, the concentration of BC was doubled and the production rate of BC was 0.116 g/L и h, which was two times higher than that of airsupplied culture and comparable to that in a mechanically agitated stirred-tank fermentor. Bacterial cellulose produced by the airlift reactor formed a unique ellipse pellet (BC pellet), different from the fibrous form which was produced in an agitated stirred-tank fermentor. The BC-pellet suspension was demonstrated to have a higher volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient than the fibrous BC suspension in a 50-L internal-loop airlift reactor. The mixing time of BC-pellet suspension in the airlift reactor was also shorter than that in water.