Comparisons of Physical Properties of Bacterial Celluloses Produced in Different Culture Conditions Using Saccharified Food Wastes

  • Moon Seung-Hyeon (Department of Environmental Science Engineering, Gwangju Institution of Science & Technology) ;
  • Park Ji-Min (Department of Environmental Science Engineering, Gwangju Institution of Science & Technology) ;
  • Chun Hwa-Youn (Department of Civil, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim Seong-Jun (Department of Civil, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Chonnam National University)
  • Published : 2006.01.01

Abstract

The saccharogenic liquid (SFW) obtained by the enzymatic saccharification of food wastes was used as a medium for production of bacterial cellulose (BC). The enzymatic saccharification of food wastes was carried out by the cultivation supernatant of Trichoderma harziaum FJ1 culture. Acetobacter xylinum KJ1 was employed for the BC production culture. The physical properties, such as polymerization, crystallinity, Young's modulus, and tensile strength, of BCs produced by three culture methods: the static cultures using HS (Hestrin-Schramm) as a reference medium (A) or the SFW medium (B), the shaking culture (C) or the air circulation culture (D) using the SFW medium, were investigated. The degrees of polymerization of BCs produced under the different culture conditions (A-D) showed 11000, 9500, 8500, and 9200, respectively. Young's modulus was 4.15, 5.0, 4.0, and 4.6 GPa, respectively. Tensile strength was 124, 200, 80, and 184 MPa, respectively. All of the BC had a form of cellulose I representing pure cellulose. In the case of the shaking culture, the degree of crystallinity was 51.2%, the lowest degree. Under the other culturing conditions, the trend should remain in the range of 89.7-84%. Overall, the physical properties of BC produced from SFW were similar to those of BC from HS medium, a commercial complex medium, and BC production by the air circulation culture mode brought more favorable results in terms of the physical properties and its ease of scale-up. Therefore, it is expected that a new BC production method, like air circulation culture using SFW, would contribute greatly to BC-related manufacturing.

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