Actinomycetes
- Micromonospora
- Streptomyces
- Nocardia
- Streptosporangium
- The cellulose is fastly attacked by the above microbes which splits the cellulose in cellobiose.
- Cellobiose in the presence of enzyme secreted by microbes changed into glucose.
- Glucose is metabolized by microbes in the presence of enzymes, aerobically & anaerobically to produce CO2, H2O & other organic acids.
Reactions:
Cellulose —cellulase —> cellobiose
Cellobiose— β-gulcosidase—> Glucose molecules
Glucose molecules –> respiratory CO2 + H2O + organic acid
enzymes