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Re:New discovery toward sugar origami by drycobbler on Friday July 07, 2023 @05:09PM (#36638330)
Bacteria famously can’t break down cellulose—wet or dry—, a structure made of glucose monomers. It took fungus hundreds of millions of years of evolution to develop the ability to break down cellulose.
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Re:New discovery toward sugar origami by nomel on Friday July 07, 2023 @07:27PM (#36639619)
> Bacteria famously can’t

See firmicutes [1] and bacteroidetes: cellulomonas, thermobifida, clostridium. Bacteria also experienced those hundreds of millions of years. In fact, there's some cellulose melting bacteria in your gut right now! ;)

But, you are right that it's not just bacteria [2].

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143619

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9277587

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Re:New discovery toward sugar origami by mistercow on Friday July 07, 2023 @08:47PM (#36640168)
I think you're thinking of lignin, not cellulose.
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