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THAT Sporocytophaga myxococcoides is unable to grow on xylan and xylose has been shown by several investigators1 ; for that reason the organism was used in an investigation to find if cellulase is able to decompose xylan. Fuller and Norman2 report a disappearance of xylan from corn stalk cellulose during growth of Sporocytophaga myxococcoides.
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SØRENSEN, L. Decomposition of Xylan by Sporocytophaga myxococcoides . Nature 177, 845 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177845a0
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