THE DECOMPOSITION OF CELLULOSE IN SOILS 



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TABLE II 



COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF THE MORE IMPORTANT MORPHOLOGICAL AND 



CULTURAL FEATURES OF CELLULOSE-DISSOLVING BACTERIA 



most part derived from the oxidation of carbon. Green plants through 

 the agency of their chlorophyll have the power of utilizing the radiant 

 energy of the sunlight to decompose the carbon dioxide of the air and use 

 it in their metabolic processes. These plants receive thereby not only the 

 necessary energy for their own life, but store up an enormous quantity 

 of potential energy upon which animals and those plants which do not con- 

 tain chlorophyll are largely dependent. Moreover, the successful growth 



