High rate production in static culture of bacterial cellulose from sucrose by a newly isolated Acetobacter strain

For the industrial production of bacterial cellulose from sucrose in static cultures, the possibility of a high rate of cellulose production was investigated, An Acetobacter strain, S-35, which had been isolated from a grape, was selected from 1500 isolates. This strain was found to produce a large amount of cellulose from either glucose or fructose, Using this strain, high cellulose production rates of 3.3 g/liter/d or 40 g/m(2)/d from sucrose were seen in static culture.