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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />FIGURE 3: DECOMPOSITION OF MATERIALS CONTAINING CELLULOSE <br />MATERIALS CONTAININGE <br />C LLULOSE <br />P®per, Rags, Fruit Skins, etc. <br />ALPHA (PURE) <br />CELLULOSE <br />The <br />COMPLEX <br />CELLULOSES <br />PECTIN <br />bacterial enzymoTwo <br />cullulaso adds on the al. <br />(HOMIcallulgseand <br />actions are possible in <br />the decomposition <br />emonts of water, trans. <br />forming the cellulose <br />=i�ino-CoOluloseD <br />Are reduced in <br />of <br />pectin: <br />into <br />the disaccharide (sugar) <br />a similar <br />manner to alpha cellulose <br />t• The aerobic organism <br />collobiose. <br />but, In addition to carbon <br />Pectinobacter amilophilum <br />BY the bacterial enzyme, <br />coliobiase, a further <br />dioxide pat, the gasas <br />methane and hydrogen are <br />cert produce carbon di. <br />Oxide and hydrogen gases <br />mole- <br />cul@ Of water Is added to <br />evolved. <br />withsmall portions of <br />formic acid and alcohol; <br />produce glucose. <br />Glucose decomposed in <br />and <br />one of two ways; <br />2. The an aerobic gran- <br />1. Oxidation by aerobic <br />ulobacter Pectinovorum <br />can Yield butyric <br />bacteria into carbon di- <br />oxide gas and water <br />acid and <br />alcohol with small amounts <br />Of <br />with <br />the liberation Of heat (674 <br />carbon dioxide and <br />hydrogen. <br />Calories). <br />or <br />2. An aerobic lactic <br />acid bacteria will rearrange <br />the glucose molecule into <br />the molecule Of lactic acid. <br />Lactic acid is reduced to <br />acetic acid, carbon dioxide <br />and water. <br />Finally acetic acid is ox- <br />idised <br />to carbon dioxide <br />and water. <br />. <br />_ Decomposition of materials <br />containinp ce/lUlose. <br />Source: Sanitary Landfill <br />Desi n Handboo k., By George Noble P.E., 1976 <br />