Production of microbial cellulose.

摘要

The present invention comprises a process for microbial cellulose production. Both a liquid culture comprising a cellulose-producing microorganism and a structure having a first side and a second side and comprising material permeable to gases are provided. The first side of the structure is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas. The second side of the structure is contacted with the liquid culture so that microbial cellulose is produced upon the second side. The supply of oxygen to cellulose-producing microorganisms through gas permeable material and the resultant depositions of cellulose upon said material permits the production of shaped objects or a continuous cellulose production. The addition of agents altering the configuration of microbial cellulose may be used to alter the microbial cellulose products.