Table I.

Summation of cyanobacteria investigated and results of experiments

Organism	Motility	Acid Insolubility	Microfibrils (TEMa)	Location	CBHI-Gold	X-Ray Diffraction	Cellulose
Section I
Synechocystis sp. ATCC 27184	Yes	Yes	No	NAb	No	0.46 and 0.40 nm	No
Synechococcus sp. UTCC 100	No	Yes	No	NA	No	Not tested	No
Gloeocapsa sp. UTEX L795	No	Yes	Yes	Sheath	Yes	0.60, 0.54, and 0.39 nm	Yes
Section III
O. princeps	Yes	Yes	Yes	Slime tube	Yes	Not tested	Tentative
Oscillatoria sp. UTEX L2435	Yes	Yes	Yes	Slime tube	Yes	0.59, 0.53, and 0.39 nm	Yes
Phormidium autumnale	Yes	Yes	Yes	Slime tube/sheath	Yes	0.59, 0.53, and 0.39 nm	Yes
Crinalium epipsammum	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Inconclusive	Tentative
Section IV
Anabaena sp.	No	Yes	Yes	Sheath?	Yes	0.60, 0.53, and 0.39 nm	Yes
Nostoc punctiforme	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sheath/slime?	Yes	Inconclusive	Tentative
Nostoc muscorum UTEX 2209	No	Yes	Yes	Sheath?	Yes	0.60, 0.53, and 0.39 nm	Yes
N. muscorum UTEX 1037	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sheath?	Yes	Not tested	Tentative
Scytonema hofmanni	Yes	Yes	Yes	Sheath	Yes	0.60, 0.53, and 0.40 nm	Yes

^aTEM, Transmission electron microscopy. 

^bNA, Not applicable.