Good day, Gosangi Avinash! Hope you are doing well.
The major classification, according to which those polymers may be differentiated, is in type of glycosidic linkage. Cellulose is a typical representative of β-1,4-glucan (glycosidic bond is formed between C1-O-C4 atoms). However, there are a number of other glucans, such as β-1,3-glucan (like curdlan), mixed β-1,4-1,3-β glucans, β-1,6-branched β-1,3-glucan, cyclic β-1,2-glucan etc. Please, check the following link:
Article Recent advances in enzymatic synthesis of β-glucan and cellulose
There is also possibility to differentiate cellulose and other glucans by solubility in water, however, I am struggling to find a link to confirm it.
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Best of luck in your research!
Yours sincerely,
M. Sc. Vadym Chibrikov
Department of Microstructure and Mechanics of Biomaterials
Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
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