Table 10. Activity of Cell Wall Fractions from Cultures Grown on Different Carbohydrates.
Carbohydrate Added | MUCActivityof Cell Walls | MUXActivityof Cell Walls |
None | + | + |
Glucose | +++ | +++ |
Xylose | +++ | +++ |
Arabinose | ++ | ++ |
Arabinan | +++ | +++ |
Arabinoxylan | ++ | +++ |
Glucomannan | +++ | +++ |
β-glucan | ++ | ++ |
Galactan | +++ | +++ |
Xyloglucan | + | +++ |
CMC | + | ++ |
Chitin | ++ | ++ |
Soluble Starch | + | + |
β-cyclodextrin | + | + |
Cultures grown and cell walls prepared and assayed as described in Methods. Legend: - no fluorescence; + weak fluorescence, ++ moderate fluorescence, +++ strong fluorescence.