TABLE 2.

Data from fitting of C1s spectra from reference samples using Gaussian-Lorentzian (GL30) peak shapes and spectral components.

Fungal reference	Theory (at %)			Exp (at %)			% of tot C
	CH	CO/CN	CON/COO	CH	CO/CN	CON/COO	peptide	lipid	polysaccharide
Melanin	56	22	22	53	22	25	80	9	11
Mannan		83	17	28	55	16 b	23	23	54
Galactoseamine HCl		83	17	8	73	19	15	0	85
N-acetyl galactoseamine	13	63	25	17	56	27	51	0	49

Virus reference	Theory (at %)			Exp (at %)			% of tot C
	CH	CO/CN	CON/COO	CH	CO/CN	CON/COO	peptide	lipid	polysaccharide
Cholesterol	96	6		81	19		27	73	0
Phospholipids	87	8	5	64	32	4 a	8	82	10
RNA				17	55	29 b	38	0	62
DNA				35	43	22 b	42	21	37

^a= Intensity at 289.1 eV.

^b= Summed intensity at 288.0–288.2 and 289.2–289.7.