Method for cultivating apparatus for the production of bacterial cellulose in an aerated and agitated culture
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1. A method for the production of a bacterial cellulose (BC) comprising cultivating a cellulose-producing bacterium under such apparatus conditions that the oxygen-transfer coefficient (KL a) of the equation below is about 25 to about 50/hr, said KL a is determined by employing a simulated suspension containing 2% by weight of bacterial cellulose (BC) and having a plastic viscosity of 15-20 poise:
- ##EQU3## wherein CL is the dissolved oxygen concentration in the culture medium (mmol/l), t is time (hr), dCL /dt is the change in dissolved oxygen concentration over a certain period of time, KL is the oxygen-transfer coefficient (cm/hr) at a liquid boundary membrane, a is the area of gas-liquid interface per unit volume (cm2 /cm3), and C* is the dissolved oxygen concentration (mmol/l) in equilibrium with the partial pressure of oxygen in air bubbles.
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Abstract
A method for the production of a bacterial cellulose by cultivating a cellulose-producing bacteria for at least a certain period of time under such an apparatus condition that an oxygen-transfer coefficient (KL a) is about 25 to about 50/hr, said KL a is determined by using a simulated suspension containing 2% by weight of BC and having a plastic viscosity of 15 to 20 poise.
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1. A method for the production of a bacterial cellulose (BC) comprising cultivating a cellulose-producing bacterium under such apparatus conditions that the oxygen-transfer coefficient (KL a) of the equation below is about 25 to about 50/hr, said KL a is determined by employing a simulated suspension containing 2% by weight of bacterial cellulose (BC) and having a plastic viscosity of 15-20 poise:
- ##EQU3## wherein CL is the dissolved oxygen concentration in the culture medium (mmol/l), t is time (hr), dCL /dt is the change in dissolved oxygen concentration over a certain period of time, KL is the oxygen-transfer coefficient (cm/hr) at a liquid boundary membrane, a is the area of gas-liquid interface per unit volume (cm2 /cm3), and C* is the dissolved oxygen concentration (mmol/l) in equilibrium with the partial pressure of oxygen in air bubbles.
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