Komagataeibacter hansenii

Komagataeibacter hansenii is a species of acetic acid bacteria, notable as the model organism for the biosynthesis of bacterial cellulose^[2][3]

Komagataeibacter hansenii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodospirillales
Family:	Acetobacteraceae
Genus:	Komagataeibacter
Species:	K. hansenii
Binomial name
Komagataeibacter hansenii (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 2013[1]
Synonyms
Gluconoacetobacter hansenii (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 1998 Gluconacetobacter hansenii corrig. (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 1998 Acetobacter hansenii Gosselé et al. 1983 "Komagatabacter hansenii" (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 2012

Bacterial cellulose

Scientists have figured out a way to produce bacterial cellulose by Komagataeibacter hansenii using only waste beer yeast as nutrient source.^[4]