The strains of Acetobacter xylinum are capable of
producing cellulose in varying amounts and growing on a wide variety of substrates viz. glucose, sucrose, fructose, invert sugar,
ethanol and glycerol, Acetobacter xylinum has been shown to be distinctly acid tolerable capable of growing at pH as low as 3.5
and reported pH 4.0 and 5.0 to be ideal for the development of cellulose [7].