1. A disaccharide sugar composed of two glucose units linked by a β-1,4-glycosidic bond; a product of cellulose breakdown.
Usage: technical; chemistry; biochemistry

Examples

• Cellobiose is formed when cellulase enzymes break down cellulose.
• The fermentation of cellobiose by certain microorganisms is important in biofuel production.
• Cellobiose serves as a building block in the degradation pathway of plant cell walls.
• Researchers studied how cellobiose is metabolized by different bacterial strains.
• The disaccharide cellobiose can be further hydrolyzed into glucose molecules.