Native cellulose II production by Acetobacter xylinum under physical constraints

Cellulose

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-173

  Shibazaki, Hideki ^a,b   Saito, Miyako ^a   Kuga, Shigenori ^a   Okano, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetobacter xylinum; Agar plate medium; Cell motion; High viscous medium; Native band cellulose; Physical constraints

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VISCOSITY;

ACETOBACTER XYLINUM; AGAR PLATE MEDIUM; CELL MOBILITY; FOLDED CHAIN STRUCTURE; HIGH VISCOSITY; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINT; RIBBON LIKE MICROFIBRIL;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 0032163468     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009277122329     Document Type: Article

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