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MICROBIAL CELL WALLS 



TABLE 5 

 Chemical Constituents of Microbial Cell Walls 



Green Algae 



Chlorella pyrenoidosa 

 Platymonas subcordiformis 



Gonyaulax polyedra 



Dunalliella 



Diatoms 



e.g., Phaeodactylum 

 Red and Brown Algae 



Polysaccharide, protein, and lipid 

 Polysaccharide * (galactose, 



uronic acid) 

 Polysaccharide (glucose) 

 Lipoprotein (membrane ?) 

 Silica, polysaccharide 



Polysaccharides (glucose, xylose, 

 arabinose, uronic acids) 



* Traces of amino acids. 

 References 29, 51-56. 



TABLE 6 

 Chemical Constituents of Microbial Walls 



Fungi 



Penicillium spp. 

 Aspergilus spp. 



Rhizopus stolonifer 

 Tricophyton mentagrophytes 

 Neurospora crassa 



Yeasts 



Saccharomyces cerevisiae 

 Candida albicans 

 Candida pulcherrima 



Polysaccharide 

 Polysaccharide 



Polysaccharide 

 Polysaccharide 

 Polysaccharide 



(glucosamine, 

 glucose, 

 galactose, 

 mannose) * 

 (glucosamine) 

 (glucosamine) 

 (glucose, glu- 

 cosamine) * 



Polysaccharide, protein, lipid 

 Polysaccharide, protein 

 Polysaccharide, protein 



* Amino acids detectable. 

 References 5, 24-28, 57, 58. 



