Open AccessProduction of Bacterial Cellulose by Acetobacter tropicalis Isolated from Decaying Apple Waste
Author(s) -
Lakhvinder Kaur,
Shachi Shah
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2022.23598
Subject(s) - food waste , cellulose , chemistry , environmentally friendly , bacterial cellulose , pulp and paper industry , microorganism , food science , waste management , bacteria , environmental remediation , isolation (microbiology) , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental science , biology , contamination , organic chemistry , ecology , genetics , engineering
Fruits and vegetables have the highest wastage rates of 45% of any food. One of the recent researchareas is food waste valorization as a potential alternative to the disposal of a wide range of organicwaste using microorganisms as one of the strategies known as microbial valorization. Bacterial celluloseis best known microbial valorization product because of its low cost, environmentally friendly nature,renewability, nanoscale dimensions, biocompatibility and extremely high hydrophilicity. Therefore,present study focuses on the isolation, characterization and identification of cellulose producingbacteria from decaying apple waste. Cellulose producers were isolated from decaying apple waste.The bacterial isolates obtained were identified through the morphological biochemical, physiologicaland molecular identification. The bacterial isolates exhibited potential remediation options to biovalorizedecaying fruit waste by producing value added products as well as in safe disposal of waste.