Role of celluloses

Barak, J. D., Jahn, C. E., Gibson, D. L., and Charkowski, A. O. (2007). The role of cellulose and O-antigen capsule in the colonization of plants by Salmonella enterica. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 20,1083-1091. 

The most common route for making cellulosic fibers flame retardant is the use of catalysts such as antimony trichloride and phosphoric acid that enhance the formation of char. Because of the major role of cellulosic fibers in the textile market, flame retardation of cellulose has been the subject of several reviews (10, 11, L5). 

Though the major alkaline reactions of cellulose have been relatively well defined, the role of cellulose physical structure in those reactions has not been clearly established. Cellulose molecules have been reported to undergo physical stopping of the peeling reaction when a molecule is peeled back to a crystalline region in the cellulose structure, with the result that the reducing endgroup... 

In the present study, the role of cellulose physical structure in alkaline reactions was investigated by comparing the alkaline degradation of highly crystalline (cellulose I) fibrous hydrocellulose with that of amorphous (noncrystalline) hydrocellulose. The amorphous substrate was taken as a cellulose model the reactivity of which would most closely approximate that of alkali-soluble cellulose. The availablity of such an approximation to the inherent reactivity of cellulose allowed evaluation of the effects of the more highly ordered structure of the fibrous hydrocellulose. 

Meng, X. and Ragauskas, A.J. (2014) Recent advances in understanding the role of cellulose accessibility in enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic... 

Solano C., Garcia B., Valle J., Berasain C., Ghigo J.M., Gamazo C., and Lasa 1.2002. Genetic analysis of Salmonella enteritidis biofilm formation critical role of cellulose. Mol Microbiol 43 793-808. 

The role of cellulose biogenesis in cotton fiber development... 

Biological Functions of Cellulose Production 14.3.1 Ecological Role of Cellulose in Acetic Acid Bacteria... 

The Role of Cellulose-Hydrolyzing Bacteria in the Production of Biogas from Plant Biomass... 

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