Studies on chitan (β-(1 → 4)-linked 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-<scp>D</scp>-glucan) fibers of the diatom <i>Thalassiosira</i> <i>fluviatilis</i>, Hustedt. III. The structure of chitan from x-ray diffraction and electron microscope observations
The form and crystal structure of the fibers attached to the diatom Thalassiosira fluviatilis were studied by the electron microscope and x-ray diffraction.These fibers, which w...