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During the course of the investigation of the enzymatic activities of wood-destroying moulds1, an attempt was made to depict the phase sequence of the degradation of the cellulosic fraction of wood; cellulose itself, in the forms of filter paper and surgical cotton, was utilized. Coniophora cerebella was found to degrade both forms of cellulose to oxalic acid. Inasmuch as traces of reducing material were found to be formed, and oxalic acid was also obtained by the action of the fungus on glucose, it appeared that an introductory hydrolysis was a necessary prerequisite for the formation of oxalic acid.
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Nord and Vitucci, Nature, 160, 224 (1947).
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NORD, F., VITUCCI, J. Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose by Coniophora cerebella. Nature 160, 261 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160261b0
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