Fig 1.
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of the bacterium F. succinogenes S85 cells grown on glucose (A) and cellulose substrate (B).
Fig 2.
Growth and substrate consumption profile of F. succinogenes S85: A) Glucose B) Acid swollen (AS) cellulose ♦ and C) Microcrystalline (MC) cellulose (represents substrate utilisation and ▲ represents OD675).
Fig 3.
Electrophoretic mobility of F. succinogenes S85 cells under different carbon substrate conditions as a function of pH.
Error bars = SE value.
Fig 4.
Comparative FTIR spectrum of F. succinogenes S85 strains grown under different carbon substrate conditions.
Fig 5.
Principal component analysis (PCA) of ATR-FTIR spectra of F. succinogenes S85 cells grown on (●) Glucose, (▲) AS cellulose, (♦) MC cellulose.
Fig 6.
Venn diagram showing distribution of the 185 cell envelope-associated proteins among three different substrate conditions.
Table 1.
List of predicted cell envelope proteins associated with cellulose degradation in F. succinogenes S85.
Table 2.
List of predicted cell envelope proteins associated with ion conductivity, transportation, signal transduction and protein-protein interaction in F. succinogenes S85.