Figure 1
From: Glucanocellulosic ethanol: the undiscovered biofuel potential in energy crops and marine biomass
Layered cell wall architecture in maize and Miscanthus.
(a) β-Glucan content in senesced leaf biomass. n.d., not detectable. Values represent the mean of three independent biological experiments. Error bars represent ± SE. (b) Confocal laser-scanning microscopy (CLSM) of aniline blue fluorochrome (ABF)-stained (1, 3)-β-glucan (blue channel) and pontamine fast scarlet 4B (S4B)-stained (1, 4)-β-glucan (red channel) cross sections of leaves from maize (Z. mays) amd Miscanthus (M. x giganteus). White arrows indicate epidermal cells with a high (1, 3)-β-glucan content and sites of localization microscopy (LM) application. 3D, surface rendering of β-glucan networks. Scale bars: CLSM, 50 μm; LM ABF/S4B, 5 μm; LM 3D, 2 μm.
