TABLE 1.
Cell wall composition of C. glabrata in comparison to those of S. cerevisiae and C. albicans
| Species | Cell wall contenta
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| Protein (%) | Chitin (%) | Man (%) | Glu (%) | M/G | Alkali-insoluble glucan (%)b
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| C. glabrata | 6.4 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 43.8 ± 0.5 | 54.0 ± 0.2 | 0.81 | 4.2 ± 0.1 | 16.7 ± 1.7 |
| S. cerevisiae | 4.0 ± 0.1 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | 34.2 ± 1.6 | 60.3 ± 2.5 | 0.57 | 7.1 ± 0.2 | 26.8 ± 0.9 |
| C. albicans | 3.5 ± 0.2 | 4.2 ± 0.1 | 26.6 ± 2.3 | 64.0 ± 4.9 | 0.42 | 10.6 ± 0.6 | 26.2 ± 1.1 |
a
Values are from exponentially growing cells (in YEPD), are the means and standard deviations for two independent samples measured in duplicate, and are expressed as percentages of freeze-dried cell walls. Man, mannose; Glu, glucose; M/G, ratio of mannose to glucose.
b
Enzymatically released with 1,6-β-glucanase or 1,3-β-glucanase.