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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Fungal Genet Biol. 2009 Mar 12;46(0):496–505. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.03.003

Table 1.

Formation of GXM films after ultrafiltration of T. asahii and C. neoformans culture supernatants.

Pathogen Culture volumea
(ml)		 Ratio of supernatant
concentrationa 		Cell densitya
(cells/ml)		 Gel volumeb
(ml)		 Carbohydrate concentration
in GXM filmsb (mg/ml)
T. asahii 6000 300-fold 2 × 107 0.5 0.9
C. neoformans 400 20-fold 7.5 × 107 1.0 11.9
a

Minimum values required for formation of GXM films.

b

Values obtained after supernatant concentration and formation of GXM films.