Bacterial cellulose nanofibers

Bacterial cellulose nanofibers

Comparison of production methods for plant-derived CNF and microbially produced BCNF

Top-down Process

Pulp Cellulosic biomass

TEMPO oxidation Grinder ACC method Enzyme/Acid treatments

Cellulose Nano Fiber (CNF)

Bottom-up Process

Bacterial CNF (BCNF)

Cellulose-producing bacterium

Sugar, molasses (low molecular weight biomass)

Low molecular weight biomass - Novel cellulose-producing bacterium - Bottom-up process

New CNF production technology by integrating these factors

Cellulose (2013), Biomacromolecues (2017), WO2014/104318, US Patent US9611495, European Patent EP2940145, etc.

Factory: Fibnano production equipment (WO patended)

Lab. Scale 2ton/y

Industry scale 200 tons/y
Main source from agriculture byproducts.
2022 Jan. Hokkaido, Ebetsu (45min. from Sapporo and CTS Airport)