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FROM electron microscope investigations it is known that the cellulose in the walls of all plant cells so far studied consists of discrete submicroscopic fibrils1–4. This is also true for the cellulose of bacteria5 and tunicates6 (electron microscope studies by B. Rånby on tunicate cellulose are also proceeding at this Institute).
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RIBI, E. Submicroscopic Structure of Fibres and their Formation. Nature 168, 1082–1083 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/1681082a0
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