Yellow Affinity Substance YAS binds to cellulose (IMAGE)

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute -

Yellow Affinity Substance YAS binds to cellulose

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Sealed serum bottle containing Clostridium thermocellum, which grows with filter paper as a carbon source. The Yellow Affinity Substance YAS binds to cellulose. The filter paper is consumed up during growth. 

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Jana Krabbe, Leibniz-HKI

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