Synthesis of bacterial cellulose from labeled precursor.
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.
D000091:Acetobacter / Q000378:metabolism*; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002473:Cell Wall; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002482:Cellulose; D005947:Glucose
ACETOBACTER/metabolism; CELLULOSE/metabolism