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Metabolic flux analysis of Gluconacetobacter xylinus for bacterial cellulose production

Journal

APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 97, Issue 14, Pages 6189-6199

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4908-8

Keywords

Bacterial cellulose; Metabolic flux analysis; Productivity; Microstructure; Crystallinity index

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21106105, 20976133]
  2. Foundation of Tianjin Educational Committee [20100602]
  3. Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT1166]

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Metabolic flux analysis was used to reveal the metabolic distributions in Gluconacetobacter xylinus (CGMCC no. 2955) cultured on different carbon sources. Compared with other sources, glucose, fructose, and glycerol could achieve much higher bacterial cellulose (BC) yields from G. xylinus (CGMCC no. 2955). The glycerol led to the highest BC production with a metabolic yield of 14.7 g/mol C, which was approximately 1.69-fold and 2.38-fold greater than that produced using fructose and glucose medium, respectively. The highest BC productivity from G. xylinus CGMCC 2955 was 5.97 g BC/L (dry weight) when using glycerol as the sole carbon source. Metabolic flux analysis for the central carbon metabolism revealed that about 47.96 % of glycerol was transformed into BC, while only 19.05 % of glucose and 24.78 % of fructose were transformed into BC. Instead, when glucose was used as the sole carbon source, 40.03 % of glucose was turned into the by-product gluconic acid. Compared with BC from glucose and fructose, BC from the glycerol medium showed the highest tensile strength at 83.5 MPa, with thinner fibers and lower porosity. As a main byproduct of biodiesel production, glycerol holds great potential to produce BC with superior mechanical and microstructural characteristics.

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