... Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, 63122 Saint -Gene `s-Champanelle, France3 Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 842 38 Bratislava, Slovak RepublikCellulolytic bacteria play an ... Intracellular and extracellular media were analysed by1H-NMRand by TLC. The first important finding is that no cellodextrins werefound to accumulate in the extracellular media of cells, regardless of the substrate; ... substrate, and can beused by the bacteria. Maltotriose plays a key role in this metabolism ofmaltodextrin. Maltodextrin-1-phosphate was detected in all the incuba-tions, and a new metabolite,...