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Abstract
The isolation and purification of an immediate precursor of bacterial cellulose was confirmed with glucose randomly labeled with carbon-14. The glucose appears to be bound within the cell to a lipid, is carried across the bacterial cell wall, and is incorporated enzymatically into cellulose extracellularly.Entities:
Keywords: ACETOBACTER/metabolism; CELLULOSE/metabolism
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Year: 1961 PMID: 13755603 DOI: 10.1126/science.133.3469.2014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728