{"id":209455,"date":"2025-03-21T17:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T22:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/scientists-witness-living-plant-cells-generate-cellulose-and-form-cell-walls-for-the-first-time"},"modified":"2025-03-21T17:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T22:23:12","slug":"scientists-witness-living-plant-cells-generate-cellulose-and-form-cell-walls-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/scientists-witness-living-plant-cells-generate-cellulose-and-form-cell-walls-for-the-first-time","title":{"rendered":"Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Edy9EgqcAxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose\u2014a major constituent of all plant cell walls\u2014a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over 24 hours with living plant cells, providing critical insights that may lead to the development of more robust plants for increased food and lower-cost biofuels production.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/journal\/sciadv\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal <i>Science Advances<\/i>, reveals a <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/dynamic+process\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">dynamic process<\/a> never seen before and may provide practical applications for everyday products derived from plants, including enhanced textiles, biofuels, biodegradable plastics, and new medical products.<\/p>\n<p>The research is also expected to contribute to the fundamental knowledge while providing a new understanding of the formation of cell walls, the scientists said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose\u2014a major constituent of all plant cell walls\u2014a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over 24 hours with living plant cells, providing critical insights that may lead to the development of more robust plants for increased [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1506],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}