The Synthesis of Cellulose Microfibrils by Particulate Fractions Released from Acetobacter xylinum by Washing
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Botany
- Vol. 41 (2) , 447-454
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a085310
Abstract
Washing A. xylinum whole cells in 0.01 m phosphate-0.003 m citrate, pH 6.2, leads to the release of particulate fractions which retain the ability to synthesize cellulose microfibrils from glucose and from UDPG. These fractions contain both outer and cytoplasmic membrane fragments. Frccze-etching shows the microfibrils to arise from outer membrane vesicles. A scheme to describe the synthesis of cellulose microfibrils by A. xylinum is proposed.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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