Honeycomb-like architecture produced by living bacteria, Gluconacetobacter xylinus

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Uraki, Yasumitsu ^a   Nemoto, Junji ^a   Otsuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Tamai, Yutaka ^a   Sugiyama, Junji ^b   Kishimoto, Takao ^a   Ubukata, Makoto ^a   Yabu, Hiroshi ^a,c,d   Tanaka, Masaru ^a,d   Shimomura, Masatsugu ^a,c,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulose I ; Electron diffraction; Honeycomb patterned bacterial cellulose; Self organization

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CELLULOSE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SCAFFOLDS;

CELLULOSIC SCAFFOLDS; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; HONEYCOMB PATTERNED BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; HONEYCOMB SCAFFOLDS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; CELLULOSE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SCAFFOLDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS;

EID: 33947704741     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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