The team's most recent study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, describes the molecular process by which cellobiose—a two-sugar fragment of cellulose that is made ...

For the past 30 years, Tajima has been harnessing fermentation, during which some bacteria metabolize sugar to produce cellulose nanofibres that are much longer and more useful. “It’s very ...

Species of bacteria in the SCOBY such as komagataeibacter xylinus have the curious ability to eat sugars and produce bacterial cellulose. The reason we and other researchers are focused on this ...

Sucrose, or table sugar, is one example. It consists of a glucose molecule joined to a fructose molecule. ⋙ Polysaccharides have three or more monosaccharides joined together. Cellulose, for example, ...

The most recent findings from that project confirm that sugarcane stalks and leaves have more sugars (the basic substances for creating ethanol) in the hemicellulose fraction than in the cellulose ...

Cellulose and hemicellulose contain sugars which can be converted into ethanol. However, with current technology, it is costly to separate cellulose and hemicellulose from lignin to access the ...

The sugar can be broken down in plant cells by the process of respiration to generate ATP. The chemical energy released by respiration can be used by the plant for cellular activities such as ...

Takahashi’s team wants to produce cellulose bioplastics from agricultural waste, such as leftover banana stems and sugar beet pulp. Cellulose from these crops is harder to process than that from ...