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Schulze (1891) gave the name hemicelluloses to those polysaccharides which could be extracted from plants by aqueous alkali. The name seemed appropriate since these polysaccharides were thought to be intermediates in cellulose biosynthesis and were found in close association with cellulose in the cell wall. We now know that the hemicelluloses are not precursors of cellulose and that they represent a distinct and separate group of plant polysaccharides which have no part in cellulose biosynthesis.
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Eriksson, KE.L., Blanchette, R.A., Ander, P. (1990). Biodegradation of Hemicelluloses. In: Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Wood and Wood Components. Springer Series in Wood Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46687-8_3
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