Note 110 — Chapter IV · RESORPTION OF THE FORMED ELEMENTS
Francis G. Binnie translation
Some years ago it was proposed to give the name of cytase to the ferments which digest cellulose. Thus Laurent, in the work analysed in the second chapter, applies it to the ferment secreted by the bacilli which attack the vegetable membrane. We think that the cellulose ferment should be designated by the name of cellulosase and that the name of cytase would be more suitable for a soluble ferment which digests the cells.