The 5' regions of genes xynB and xynC, coding for a xylanase and arabinofuranosidase respectively, are identical and are reiterated four times within the Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa genome. To isolate further copies of the reiterated xynB/C 5' region, a genomic library of Ps. fluorescens subsp. cellulosa DNA was screened with a probe constructed from the conserved region of xynB. D...

Magnetic Cellulose/Fe3O4/Co3O4 nanocomposite as a new catalyst was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, XRD, TGA, SEM, TEM, ICP-AES and VSM techniques. The catalytic activity of this heterogeneous catalyst was studied through one-pot synthesis of 1-((benzo[d]thiazol-2-ylamino)(aryl)-methyl)naphthalen-2-ol derivatives from three component reactions of aromatic aldehydes, 2-aminobenzothiazole,...

Bis(benzimidazole)amine-based copper complexes, with structural similarities to the active sites of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase enzymes (LPMOs), were tested for oxidative degradation cellulose. Spectroscopic characterization as well authentication one them, confirm a tetragonal coordination environment 3 nitrogen donors, thioether in axial positions. Aqueous cellulose was achieved CuII c...

This study investigated the role of extracellular cellulose production by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) on attachment to lettuce and spinach in different water hardness environments. Two cellulose-producing wild-type STEC strains, 19 (O5:H-) and 49 (O103:H2), and their cellulose-deficient derivatives were used. Strain 49 also produced colanic acid as a constituent of its extrace...

Väljamäe, P. 2002. The kinetics of cellulose enzymatic hydrolysis: implications of the synergism between enzymes. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 781. 54 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-5479-8. The hydrolysis kinetics of bacterial cellulose and its derivatives by Trichoderma reesei cellulases was studied. The c...

We report a simple method to produce foams and emulsions of extraordinary stability by using hydrophobic cellulose microparticles, which are formed in situ by a liquid-liquid dispersion technique. The hydrophobic cellulose derivative, hypromellose phthalate (HP), was initially dissolved in water-miscible solvents such as acetone and ethanol/water mixtures. As these HP stock solutions were shear...

As an alternative raw material for various cellulose derivatives, the current research studied processing of old corrugated container (OCC) in subsequent stages homogenization (soda cooking) and purification (bleaching with hypochlorite). The properties were characterized four different categories including chemical composition or purity, accessibility, reactivity, structural features. Alkali d...

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Nitrogenated derivatives of cellulose, and namely chitin and chitosan, are of commercial interest because of their antibacterial activity, biocompatibility, biodegradability and sorption ability. Structure and some physicochemical properties of these derivatives have been studied by methods of wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS), microcalorimetry and sorption. To determine the crystallinity degr...

There has been an increasing interest in research on using bio-renewable polymers as a replacement to traditional synthetic based petroleum resources for adhesive applications. Cellulose, which is the most abundant biopolymer finds application reinforcing agent conventional adhesives. However, natural polymer cellulose suffers from few drawbacks like poor water resistance, low mechanical streng...