Exploring bacterial nanocellulose production using glycerol from biodiesel as main carbon source

FERNADEZ CORUJO VICTORIA; MARIA LAURA FORESTI; PATRICIA CERRUTTI; ANALIA VAZQUEZ

Buenos Aires

Workshop; II Workshop on Bio-degradable Polymers and Biocomposites - III Workshop BIOPURFIL, Bio-based Polyurethane Composites with Natural Fillers; 2015

For large scale production purposes, non conventional low cost substrates need to be used. In the current work, chosen fermentation conditions were evaluated in order to improve the bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) production when glycerol from biodiesel was used as a cheap C source.