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1 Details on cellulose degradation needed
2 Cellulose Estimation
3 biogeneration of cellulose
4 Incorrect diagram =
5 structures of cellulose
6 Fungi

[edit] Details on cellulose degradation needed

Cellulose recycling is one of the important bio-geo-cycling events that maintain the integrity of our ecosystem. There is no good write up on this. Also there is no material on its biochemistry. I have added a few material in the chemistry section, but require help in cleanup and material addition Nattu 10:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cellulose Estimation

Cellulose can be extracted from biomass, but how do we estimate cellulose. What is cellulose estimation method? How is it done?

A standard method using acetic acid and nitric acid, and anthrone dissolved in sulfuric acid was described in Updegraff DM (1969) Semimicro determination of cellulose in biological materials. Anal Biochem 32: 420-424

I'll add this info to the article. --Slashme 06:50, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] biogeneration of cellulose

is there any place on wikipedia which describes how plants make cellulose?

[edit] Incorrect diagram =

can someone fix the diagram of cellulose? the structure is incorrect, there needs to be an O atom either at C1 or C4 inside the brackets. Xcomradex 00:40, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] structures of cellulose

In literature the natural crystaline cellulose is usually referred to as Cellulose I (I alpha & I beta) and as Cellulose II after mercerization. Not sure how old the alpha, beta, gamma nomenclature from the article is, but I'd put the one I wrote in the article. JSchoeck; 14:41 (MET), 22.6.06