Some Factors Influencing the Breakdown of Cellulose by Bacteria

Abstract

Variations in the extent of breakdown of celluloses from different sources by Cell'ulomonas biazotea can be accounted for in terms of the crystallinity and content of associated pentosan of the celluloses. Under similar conditions, Sporocytophaga myxococcoides did not distinguish between celluloses and degraded the different materials at the same rate.