Isolation and Characterization of Two Cellulose Morphology Mutants of Gluconacetobacter hansenii ATCC23769 Producing Cellulose with Lower Crystallinity

Ying Deng; Nivedita Nagachar; Lin Fang; Xin Luan; Jeffrey M. Catchmark; Ming Tien; Teh-hui Kao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119504

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Isolation and Characterization of Two Cellulose Morphology Mutants of Gluconacetobacter hansenii ATCC23769 Producing Cellulose with Lower Crystallinity

Ying Deng,

Current address: Department of Biology, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Nivedita Nagachar,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Lin Fang,

Current address: Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, United States of America; Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Xin Luan,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jeffrey M. Catchmark,

Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Ming Tien,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Teh-hui Kao

* E-mail: txk3@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Isolation and Characterization of Two Cellulose Morphology Mutants of Gluconacetobacter hansenii ATCC23769 Producing Cellulose with Lower Crystallinity

Ying Deng,
Nivedita Nagachar,
Lin Fang,
Xin Luan,
Jeffrey M. Catchmark,
Ming Tien,
Teh-hui Kao

Published: March 19, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119504

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