Development of a Cost-Effective Culture Medium for the Bacterial Cellulose Production Using Food Industry Wastes

Abstract   Background and Objective: Use of bacterial cellulose has been interested in various industries, especially medical and pharmaceutical industries, due to its unique characteristics, compared to plant cellulose. However, bacterial cellulose production costs have limited its industrial u...

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Main Authors: Maryam Nasresfahani, Valiollah Babaeipour, Mohammad Imani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Behehsti University of Medical Sciences 2024-02-01
Series:Applied Food Biotechnology
Online Access:https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/afb/article/view/43875
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author Maryam Nasresfahani
Valiollah Babaeipour
Mohammad Imani
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Mohammad Imani
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description Abstract   Background and Objective: Use of bacterial cellulose has been interested in various industries, especially medical and pharmaceutical industries, due to its unique characteristics, compared to plant cellulose. However, bacterial cellulose production costs have limited its industrial uses, compared to plant cellulose. Decreasing costs of the culture media is one of the effective parameters for the industrial production of bacterial cellulose. This is the first report on combination of vinasse and glucose syrup as a bacterial cellulose culture medium. Material and Methods: Two inexpensive culture media were developed for high-level production of bacterial cellulose based on food industrial wastes of corn steep liquor-glucose and vinasse-glucose syrups. Concentrations of glucose syrup and corn steep liquor as a culture medium and concentrations of vinasse and glucose syrup as another culture medium were optimized using response surface method with central composite design to maximize bacterial cellulose production yields. Results and Conclusion: Under the optimal conditions after seven days, 14.8 and 13.3 g.l-1 dry bacterial cellulose were achieved in corn steep liquor-glucose syrup and vinasse-glucose syrup respectively. Yield of produced bacterial cellulose from these two cost-effective culture media was one of the highest values reported for bacterial cellulose. Furthermore, the produced bacterial cellulose was characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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spelling doaj.art-0b7984c1c2a147cfbdae0110dda7f6042024-04-16T09:21:00ZengShahid Behehsti University of Medical SciencesApplied Food Biotechnology2345-53572423-42142024-02-01111e11e1110.22037/afb.v11i1.4387533722Development of a Cost-Effective Culture Medium for the Bacterial Cellulose Production Using Food Industry WastesMaryam Nasresfahani0Valiollah Babaeipour1Mohammad ImaniFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, P.O. Box 15875-1774, Tehran, Iran.Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, P.O. Box 15875-1774, Tehran, Iran.Abstract   Background and Objective: Use of bacterial cellulose has been interested in various industries, especially medical and pharmaceutical industries, due to its unique characteristics, compared to plant cellulose. However, bacterial cellulose production costs have limited its industrial uses, compared to plant cellulose. Decreasing costs of the culture media is one of the effective parameters for the industrial production of bacterial cellulose. This is the first report on combination of vinasse and glucose syrup as a bacterial cellulose culture medium. Material and Methods: Two inexpensive culture media were developed for high-level production of bacterial cellulose based on food industrial wastes of corn steep liquor-glucose and vinasse-glucose syrups. Concentrations of glucose syrup and corn steep liquor as a culture medium and concentrations of vinasse and glucose syrup as another culture medium were optimized using response surface method with central composite design to maximize bacterial cellulose production yields. Results and Conclusion: Under the optimal conditions after seven days, 14.8 and 13.3 g.l-1 dry bacterial cellulose were achieved in corn steep liquor-glucose syrup and vinasse-glucose syrup respectively. Yield of produced bacterial cellulose from these two cost-effective culture media was one of the highest values reported for bacterial cellulose. Furthermore, the produced bacterial cellulose was characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/afb/article/view/43875
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Development of a Cost-Effective Culture Medium for the Bacterial Cellulose Production Using Food Industry Wastes
Applied Food Biotechnology
title Development of a Cost-Effective Culture Medium for the Bacterial Cellulose Production Using Food Industry Wastes
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title_short Development of a Cost-Effective Culture Medium for the Bacterial Cellulose Production Using Food Industry Wastes
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