title: Cellulose as extracellular polysaccharide of hot spring sulfur-turf bacterial mat.
abstract: The carbohydrate fraction of a hot spring sulfur-turf bacterial mat was shown to contain cellulose by the examination of neutral sugar composition, methylation analysis, and the identification of free oligosacchrides obtained from an acetolyzate of the desulfurized sulfur-turf mat. This suggested that the sulfur-oxidizing bacteria composing the sulfur-turf were producers of cellulose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, College of Science and Engineering, Iwaki Meisei University, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Yonosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maki
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D017753:Ecosystem; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013455:Sulfur / Q000737:chemistry; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D013455:Sulfur; D002482:Cellulose