The United States of America As Represented by the Secretary of

Research, Incorporated

Ruth D Turner

Leonard Jurd

John Dale Bultman

John B Waterbury

Charles B Calloway

This invention relates to a process for the microbial degradation of cellulosic material. More specifically, this invention relates to a process for the digestion of cellulose by a microbe capable of carrying out the cellulolytic combined nitrogen.

Bacteria for cellulose digestion

Substances, particularly wood, which are normally subject to deterioration due to marine borers are preserved by applying to the substance certain 4-(3-phenylpropenylidene)-2,5-cyclohexadieneones substituted at position 5 with substituents selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, and hydrogen, and at position 2 with substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl and lower alkoxyl.

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Ruth D Turner