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ALTHOUGH many soil micro-organisms can decompose cellulose1, each group of organisms does so under its own set of conditions. For example, Cellvibrio and Cytophaga develop around soil crumbs placed on filter paper which covers a mineral silica-gel medium, as shown by Winogradsky2. Other workers have reported that cellulose-decomposing fungi were the first organisms to attack ‘Cellophane’ buried in the soil3.
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KEYNAN, A., HENIS, Y. & KELLER, P. Factors influencing the Composition of the Cellulose-decomposing Microflora on Soil Crumb Plates. Nature 191, 307 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191307a0
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