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[edit] Details on cellulose degradation needed
Cellulose recycling is one of the important bio-geo-cycling events that maintain the integrity of our ecosystem. There is no good write up on this. Also there is no material on its biochemistry. I have added a few material in the chemistry section, but require help in cleanup and material addition Nattu 10:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cellulose Estimation
Cellulose can be extracted from biomass, but how do we estimate cellulose. What is cellulose estimation method? How is it done?
- A standard method using acetic acid and nitric acid, and anthrone dissolved in sulfuric acid was described in Updegraff DM (1969) Semimicro determination of cellulose in biological materials. Anal Biochem 32: 420-424
- I'll add this info to the article. --Slashme 06:50, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] biogeneration of cellulose
is there any place on wikipedia which describes how plants make cellulose?
[edit] Incorrect diagram =
can someone fix the diagram of cellulose? the structure is incorrect, there needs to be an O atom either at C1 or C4 inside the brackets. Xcomradex 00:40, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
- I see the current diagram was incorrect as well, it now had two Oxygens in the repeating stucture! I have made an SVG of the diagram, and corrected the error. --Slashme 15:31, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] structures of cellulose
In literature the natural crystaline cellulose is usually referred to as Cellulose I (I alpha & I beta) and as Cellulose II after mercerization. Not sure how old the alpha, beta, gamma nomenclature from the article is, but I'd put the one I wrote in the article. JSchoeck; 14:41 (MET), 22.6.06
[edit] Fungi
Why is there no mention of cellulose being located in the cell walls of some fungi. D-rew 19:41, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cellulose production
Could someone please get an accurate figure on total cellulose production? 1.5 trillion tons is roughly how much could be produced annually if every square inch of land area on Earth were used solely for cellulose production 365 days a year. 72.224.97.185 03:37, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Breakdown
What is produced when the substance is broken down. In more detail then the current description. Is glucose a product? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.185.130.29 (talk) 08:40, 22 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Question
What bacteria digests cellulose, found in the gut of herbivores ? Is it cellumonas, cellulomonas or something completely different. Please reply fast. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.183.179.142 (talk) 06:43, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
- Fibrobacter succinogenes seems to be one of them, according to "Digestibility of cotton lint fiber and whole oilseeds by ruminal microorganisms", D.L. Palmquist, Animal Feed Science Technology 56 (1995) 23l-242. --Slashme 06:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
- Ruminococcus albus, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens and Phanerochaete chrysosporium also seem to be relevant, but you'll have to chase the refs yourself, sorry!. --Slashme 06:10, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Here's a quote from "Production of Ruminococcus flavefaciens growth inhibitor(s) by Ruminococcus albus, W.W. Chan, B.A. Dehority, Animal Feed Science and Technology 77 (1999) 61-71":
(Ruminococcus albus, a fibre-degrader; Butyrivibrio fibriosolvens CF3 and Clostridium proteoclasticum, xylan and protein degraders; and C. aminophilum, C. proteoclasticum, and Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, ammonia hyper-producing bacteria)
--Slashme 06:17, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
See also methanogen. --Slashme 15:33, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Which organic compound?
what kind of organic compound is cellulose a carbohydrate, lipid, protein, or is it a nucleic acid? PLEASE REPLY!!!! --72.28.207.37 21:08, 16 October 2007 (UTC)miki_dee
- It's a carbohydrate, but it cannot be digested by humans. --Slashme 05:38, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
- By the way, the second sentence in the article is "It is a structural polysaccharide derived from beta-glucose. If you don't know what a polysaccharide is, you can click on the link, and the very first sentence of that article will tell you that "Polysaccharides are relatively complex carbohydrates." --Slashme 05:41, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
