Cellulose component of Acetobacter xylinum pellicle: morphology and its significance for the mechanism of microfibril formation |
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Authors: | J.Ross Colvin Mitsuo Takai L.C. Sowden J. Hayashi |
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Affiliation: | 1. National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada K1A OR6;2. Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060 Japan |
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Abstract: | The cellulose component of native, minimally disturbed pellicles of Acetobacter sylinum has a three-dimensional, microfibrillar, interconnected, ‘brush-wood’ structure. This structure could not originate from a spinneret or extrusion mechanism of cellulose microfibril formation. It may be produced by a mechanism of spontaneous association and post factor crystallization of preformed, transient I → 4β glucans. |
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Keywords: | Cellulose: Acctobacter xylinum microfibril pellicle spinneret association crystallization |
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