STUDIES ON CELLULOSE PRODUCTION BY TEA FUNGUS (KOMBUCHA)

Microbial cellulose has an economic importance because of its high purity ,light weight, fine network structure and fast biodegradation. In addition to its exceptional mechanical strength especially in wet state , enormous water retention value , low rougKombucha is a symbiosis of bacteria as Acetobacter xylinum , Acetobacter xylinoides and Bacterium gluconium and some yeast species e.g. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Saccharomycodes ludwigii , that is available commercially at lo