Table 3.

Ergosterol content in the cells of various microorganisms

Microorganisms	Ergosterol content (pg/sporea or pg/cellb) (N = 3)
Bacteria
Bacillus subtilis	X: 0.008 SD: 0.006 a
Micrococcus flavus	X: 0.009 SD: 0.015 a
Yeast
Rhodotorula glutinis	X: 0.125 SD: 0.005 a
Candida glabrata	X: 0.397 SD: 0.022 b
Moulds
Alternaria alternata	X: 3.800 SD: 0.073 b
Aspergillus niger	X: 2.125 SD: 0.012 a
Aspergillus versicolor	X: 1.923 SD: 0.050 a
Cladosporium cladosporioides	X: 9.390 SD: 0.152 e
Penicillium chrysogenum	X: 5.033 SD: 0.019 c
Penicillium expansum	X: 7.627 SD: 0.087 d

X mean, SD standard deviation, N number studied samples means (among groups of microorganisms) with the same letter are not significantly different (one-way ANOVA, p < 0.05; Tukey’s test, p < 0.05)

^aMould

^bBacteria, yeast