Development and characterization of bacterial cellulose produced by cashew tree residues as alternative carbon source

• Published in: Industrial crops and products Vol. 107; pp. 13 - 19
• Main Authors: Pacheco, Guilherme, Nogueira, Cláudio R., Meneguin, Andréia Bagliotti, Trovatti, Eliane, Silva, Maura C.C., Machado, Rachel T.A., Ribeiro, Sidney J.L., da Silva Filho, Edson C., da S. Barud, Hernane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.11.2017
• Subjects: Bacterial cellulose; Cashew tree residue; Culture medium; Cashew tree residue; Culture medium; Bacterial cellulose
• ISSN: 0926-6690; 1872-633X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.05.026

[Display omitted] •Cashew tree residues were successfully used as carbon source for the production of bacterial cellulose (BC).•The BC production was up to 6.0g/L after 168h of incubation.•BC membranes produced using these residues displayed typical physicochemical properties of cellulose. Bacterial cellulose (BC) has been extensively exploited for applications in materials science, biomedical and technological fields. The BC production demands culture media rich in carbon sources. Agro-forestry residues constitute an interesting source of nutrients for microorganism, but they are frequently wasted. For cashew crop, exudate is periodically extracted from the tree trunks to increase the production of cashew nut, the most valuable product from cashew trees that produces about 700g of exudate/year, which remains wasted. Here, we associated the nutritional properties of residues from cashew tree with the need of carbon sources for BC, in attempt to valorize the residue and to decrease the costs of BC production. The carbon source from Hestrin Schramm culture medium was totally or partially replaced by cashew tree residues and the BC production was evaluated. The produced BC membrane in static medium was characterized by FTIR, SEM and TGA and the kinetics of production was determined, suggesting the cashew tree residues as a potential carbon source for BC production.