Open AccessDynamic modelling of bacterial cellulose formation
Author(s) -
Hornung Michael,
Biener Richard,
Schmauder HansPeter
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
engineering in life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1618-2863
pISSN - 1618-0240
DOI - 10.1002/elsc.200900038
Subject(s) - bacterial cellulose , cellulose , bacteria , substrate (aquarium) , yield (engineering) , biochemical engineering , bacterial growth , chemistry , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , materials science , biology , biochemistry , engineering , ecology , genetics , metallurgy
The interest in cellulose produced by bacteria from surface cultures has increased steadily in recent years because of its potential for use in medicine and cosmetics. Unfortunately, the low yield of this production process has limited the commercial usefulness of bacterial cellulose. The aim of this paper is to show the effect of substrate mass transfer on the growth of the bacteria and on their physiological potential for product formation by means of a dynamic mathematical model.