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forms, particularly that produced by the mulberry silkworm , bombyx mori , woven into important and luxurious textiles . silk is mostly composed of the insoluble protein fibroin, coated by a smaller amount of a water-soluble protective gum (sericin), as well as including small amounts of other substances
on the leaves of mulberry trees and produces the finest, most lustrous fiber, while s. cynthia feeds on the leaves of the ailanthus genus and produces a coarse but more durable and cheap silk, and a. pernyi, the chinese tussah moth, is a major producer of wild silk (tussah silk), which is more difficult...
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