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The 92 pages that link to Cellulose, each with the reason it gives.

• Hydrogen bondRelated: Hydrogen bonds between cellulose chains help form strong fibers.

• RuminantRelated: Rumen microbes ferment cellulose that the animal cannot digest with its own enzymes.

• CottonRelated: Cellulose gives cotton its strength and affinity for water.

• HerbivoreRelated: Its tough fibers make plant tissue hard to break down.

• LigninRelated: Lignin is deposited around cellulose-rich walls, adding rigidity and resistance to water.

• WoodRelated: Cellulose microfibrils provide much of wood's tensile strength.

• Hydroxyl groupRelated: Hydroxyl groups on cellulose chains form hydrogen bonds that strengthen fibers.

• PyrolysisRelated: Its decomposition contributes substantially to vapors and gases in biomass pyrolysis.

• Leaf litterRelated: Microbes break down leaf cellulose as a source of carbon and energy.

• TermiteRelated: Cellulose is the principal carbohydrate in much of the wood and plant material termites consume.

• CompostingRelated: Microbes break down cellulose as leaves, stems, and paper decompose.

• DyeRelated: Cotton and other cellulose fibers require dyes suited to their chemical structure.

• DyeingRelated: Cotton's cellulose chemistry makes it receptive to particular dye classes.

• Cell wallRelated: Cellulose microfibrils provide tensile strength to the walls of plants and many algae.

• ForageRelated: Cellulose is a key source of energy in forage for animals with microbial fermentation.

• Plant cell wallRelated: Cellulose microfibrils provide the wall’s main tensile strength.

• Hindgut fermentationRelated: Hindgut microbes ferment cellulose that the host cannot break down directly.

• Indigo dyeRelated: Cotton’s cellulose fibers retain indigo deposited during repeated dyeing cycles.

• Nonwoven fabricRelated: Cellulose fibers provide absorbency in many nonwoven products.

• Foregut fermentationRelated: Most mammals cannot digest cellulose directly, but foregut microbes can ferment it.

• Fungal cell wallRelated: Cellulose dominates plant walls, providing a useful chemical contrast with fungal chitin.

• RumenRelated: Rumen microbes ferment cellulose from forage into absorbable products.

• Green algaeRelated: Cellulose-containing walls support many green algal cells and connect them structurally to plants.

• Plant cellRelated: Its fibers provide tensile strength to the wall surrounding each plant cell.

• Natural dyeRelated: Cotton’s cellulose surface often needs preparation or a mordant to retain natural dyes.

• OomyceteRelated: Oomycete cell walls contain cellulose, unlike the chitin-rich walls typical of fungi.

• PlantRelated: Cellulose provides much of the strength and rigidity of plant cell walls.

• Textile conservationRelated: Plant-fiber textiles depend on cellulose, which weakens through oxidation and acid hydrolysis.

• HemicelluloseRelated: Hemicellulose associates with cellulose microfibrils, connecting its diverse chains to wall structure.

• CellulaseRelated: Its crystalline chains are the substrate that cellulases break apart.

• LinenRelated: Flax fibers are rich in cellulose, which contributes to their strength.

• Oxalic acidRelated: Oxalic acid can be used in processing plant materials, including treatments involving cellulose.

• Wood-decay fungusRelated: Wood-decay fungi must access or dismantle cellulose to use wood’s stored carbon.

• BleachingRelated: It is the principal polymer in cotton and other plant fibers treated by bleaching.

• ColobinaeRelated: Colobines depend on gut microbes to access energy locked in leaf cellulose.

• Toilet paperRelated: Its fibers form the absorbent network in most toilet paper.

• TunicateRelated: Tunicate tunics contain cellulose-like material, unusual among animals.

• GossypiumRelated: Successive cellulose layers give mature cotton fibers their strength and characteristic structure.

• PulpwoodRelated: Its fibers are the principal structural material retained in paper pulp.

• Wet wipeRelated: Cellulose fibers provide absorbency and can make wipe sheets biodegradable under suitable conditions.

• Paper towelRelated: Cellulose fibers make up the absorbent web that holds liquid between fibers.

• ShiitakeRelated: It is another major wood component used as a carbon source during growth.

• Zinc chlorideRelated: Concentrated zinc chloride disrupts cellulose interactions, enabling dissolution under suitable conditions.

• FlaxRelated: Cellulose is the main structural material in flax fiber.

• Spaghetti squashRelated: Cellulose-rich tissues provide much of the squash flesh's fibrous structure.

• ZygentomaRelated: Silverfish can damage paper and textiles containing cellulose, especially when residues are present.

• Cooking appleRelated: Cellulose contributes to the tissue framework that softens during cooking.

• Menstrual padRelated: Wood pulp and cotton cellulose are common absorbent materials in pads.

• Petrified woodRelated: It is among the organic materials lost as wood is mineralized.

• Plant litterRelated: Cellulose supplies decomposers with abundant carbon in many litter types.