The oxidation of various inositols (hexahydroxycyclohexanes) and quercitols (pentahydroxycyclohexanes) and their derivatives by resting cells of Acetobacter suboxydans has been studied by Chargaff and his students (1, 2), who found that the specificity exhibited by the organism toward the cyclitols studied was not adequately described by the Bertrand-Hudson rules (3) for open chain polyalcohols...

Films and tubes manufactured from cellulose have historically been used in the treatment of renal failure, but their use for this purpose has declined in recent years in favour of films manufactured from synthetic material blends. As the clinical application of cellulose for dialysis declines, new applications for its use are emerging, of which the most promising appears to be the use of microb...

Kerwar, Suresh S. (Oregon State University, Corvallis), Vernon, H. Cheldelin, and L. W. Parks. Valine-isoleucine metabolism in Acetobacter suboxydans and the inhibition of growth by valine. J. Bacteriol. 88:179-186. 1964.-Extracts of Acetobacter suboxydans can synthesize valine and isoleucine via acetolactate and acetohydroxybutyrate, respectively. The amounts of these amino acids synthesized f...

Acetobacter spp. are used for industrial vinegar production because of their high ability to oxidize ethanol to acetic acid and high resistance to acetic acid. Two-dimensional gel electrophoretic analysis of a soluble fraction of Acetobacter aceti revealed the presence of several proteins whose production was enhanced, to various extents, in response to acetic acid in the medium. A protein with...

An economical mass production system of bacterial cellulose (BC) on agitated culture was constructed. We frst conducted screening of BC producers in agitated culture. A total of 2096 strains were isolated from natural sources and the best BC producing strain, BPR2001, was selected. According to the taxonomic examination, we concluded that the strain belongs to a new subspecies, Acetobacter xyli...