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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2002
Kunihiko Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Takemura, Handa, JP;
Mari Tabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Tahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Toyosaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Morinaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayasu Tsuchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisato Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Yoshinaga, Kawasaki, JP;
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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 1.6×10 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.