Bio-polymer Research Co., Ltd.

Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Toyosaki

Kunihiko Watanabe

Takayasu Tsuchida

Fumihiro Yoshinaga

Yasushi Morinaga

Naoki Tahara

Hisato Yano

Hiroshi Takemura

Mari Tabuchi

Novel cellulose-producing bacteria including one capable of producing of a bacterial cellulose having a weight-average degree of polymerization in terms of polystyrene of 1.6&times;10 or above, one capable of producing a bacterial cellulose containing a small amount of the fraction with low degrees of polymerization, one producing a Bingham polysaccharide as a by-product, and one producing a small amount of water-soluble polysaccharide; a method for the production of bacterial cellulose, which comprises culturing these cellulose-producing bacteria; and bacterial cellulose thus obtained.

Cellulose-producing bacteria

Novel cellulose-producing bacteria including one capable of producing of a bacterial cellulose having a weight-average degree of polymerization in terms of polystyrene of 1.6.times.10.sup.4 or above, one capable of producing a bacterial cellulose containing a small amount of the fraction with low degrees of polymerization, one producing a Bingham polysaccharide as a by-product, and one producing a small amount of water-soluble polysaccharide; a method for the production of bacterial cellulose, which comprises culturing these cellulose-producing bacteria; and bacterial cellulose thus obtained.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Hiroshi Toyosaki