Re: [DIYbio] Does anyone know how to inexpensively obtain gluconacetobacter xylinus?

It's easy to isolate from Kombucha, and some literature suggests this strain gives the best cellulose, too. :)

Just make up "Gluconobacter agar" (look it up on thelabrat.com) and streak your kombucha culture over it thinly. When I isolated it in this way, my colonies were brown, cleared the CaCO3 quickly, and in *late* culture, white crystals (of cellulose?) appeared around, but rarely atop, colonies.

On 7 June 2015 12:37:54 GMT+01:00, Philipp Kollenz <philippkollenz@googlemail.com> wrote:
Hi there

I am trying to produce nanocellulose and the cultures you can buy on websites like this one (https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-2325.html) are too expensive. I heard it is part of a microbe mix that is used to make some kind of asiatic tea beverage called Kombucha. Is it possible to isolate it from there?

best regards,
Phil


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