The Effect of Climate and Soil Conditions on Cellulose Biosynthesis

Abstract

Cellulose is synthesized by numerous organisms living in the oceans and on every continent of our planet, i.e. under a broad diversity of temperature, illumination, mineral nutrition, and irrigation conditions, etc. Of course, all these factors as well as species themselves strongly affect the intensity of synthesis of cellulose and other cell wall polysaccharides. It is quite natural to suggest that the highest cellulose productivity is realized for each species under optimum in situ conditions. However it is not always the case. The intensity of cellulose synthesis can considerably be enhanced under experimental conditions by varying certain factors, e.g. atmosphere composition. Maximum productivity of the cellulose synthesis per area unit increases from polar regions to subtropics and then slightly drops in the equatorial region.