title: News & notes: detection of microorganisms with overall cellulolytic activity.
abstract: A modification is described of the plate method for the detection of microorganisms with overall cellulolytic activity, including those like Cytophaga, in which the activity is cell bound. Within a few days of incubation colonies of cellulose-degrading bacteria formed holes in discs of lens paper placed on freshly inoculated agar plates.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Environmental Microbiology, The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer 84993, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Volokita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abeliovich
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D003589:Cytophaga / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010209:Paper; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D002482:Cellulose