Ajinomoto obtains United States patent.(Ajinomoto Company Inc.)(Brief Article)

BIOTECH Patent News, November, 2004

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has patented 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.times.10.sup.4 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.

(US 6,818,434)