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. 2002 Oct 10;99(22):14008–14013. doi: 10.1073/pnas.212238399

Fig 3.

Fig 3.

FE-SEM images of the cellulose ribbon deposition process. (A–C) Examples of bacteria synthesizing cellulose ribbons on the oriented molecular track of NOC. (A) A bacterium shows a flat ribbon immediately behind its site of synthesis. (B and C) The tight association between the molecular track and the cellulose ribbon. (D) An example where the bacterium has just jumped off the track and follows a spiral path. (E) Random cellulose deposition on the surface of a nonstretched NOC precursor. (F) Random cellulose deposition on the surface of agar.