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Composites of bacterial cellulose and paper made with a rotating disk bioreactor
- Source :
- Applied microbiology and biotechnology. 62(5-6)
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Suspended solids in the nutrient medium for Acetobacter xylinium in a rotating disk bioreactor become incorporated into the gelatinous mat of bacterial cellulose as it forms. Embedding fibers of ordinary cellulose creates composites with enhanced strength and the toughness of bacterial cellulose. Purified cellulose and elongated fibers from paper are incorporated differently than are spherical particles such as silica gel. About 90% of the final cellulose can come from scrap paper, and dried composite sheets were much stronger than plain bacterial cellulose per unit area.
- Subjects :
- Paper
Materials science
biology
Silica gel
Gluconacetobacter xylinus
Composite number
Silica Gel
General Medicine
Complex Mixtures
biology.organism_classification
Silicon Dioxide
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
chemistry.chemical_compound
Cellulose fiber
Bioreactors
chemistry
Bacterial cellulose
Tensile Strength
Ultimate tensile strength
Bioreactor
Acetobacter
Composite material
Cellulose
Biotechnology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01757598
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 5-6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied microbiology and biotechnology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3ef6b393ffb8643ef5c650780daeb965