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The fluorochrome, calcofluor white, binds oriented to structural polysaccharide fibrils

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The parallel oriented cellulose microfibrils of the bristles ofAcanthosphaera zachariasi show difluorescence after staining with the fluorochrome calcofluor white ST. This dye thus is adsorbed oriented parallel to the microfibrillar longitudinal axis.

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  1. Zellenlehre, University Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, D-6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

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Herth, W., Schnepf, E. The fluorochrome, calcofluor white, binds oriented to structural polysaccharide fibrils. Protoplasma 105, 129–133 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01279855

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