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Colonization of Crystalline Cellulose by Clostridium cellulolyticum ATCC 35319
E Gelhaye1, A Gehin, H Petitdemange
1Laboratory of Biological Chemistry I, University of Nancy I, Boite Postale 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lés-Nancy, France.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
Cellulose colonization by Clostridium cellulolyticum was studied by using [methyl-H]thymidine incorporation. The colonization process indicated that a part of the bacterial population was released from cellulose to the liquid phase before binding and colonizing another adhesion site of the cellulose. We postulate that cellulose colonization occurs according to the following process: adhesion, colonization, release, and readhesion.

