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Cellulolytic Activity in the Lamelli-Branch Crystalline Style

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

B. S. Newell
B. S. Newell
Affiliation:
East African Marine Fisheries Research Organisation, Zanzibar
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Extract

A method of demonstrating cellulose utilization in biological systems by measurement of the turbidity of a cellulose suspension in a photo-electric absorptiometer is described. The crystalline styles of Ostrea edulis and Mytilus edulis appear to contain a cellulolytic factor as yet uncharacterized.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , October 1953 , pp. 491 - 495
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1953

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