Abstract
The change in the fine structure of the cellulose gel biosynthesized by Acetobacter zylinum with time was studied by means of electron microscopy. It was found that in the process of time, the inhomogeneous distribution cellulose chain arised in the vertical direction against the long axis of the amorphous fibril initially and finally many microscopic fibrils with the width of about 40∼50 A appeared simultaneously in the amorphous fibril. This microscopic fibril corresponds to the elementary fibril reported in the previous paper. It was also found that the bacterial cellulose microfibril is composed of the microscopic fibril.
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