Table 1.
Analysis of cell wall composition in Candida species (Navarro-Arias et al., 2019).
| Cell wall abundance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organism | Chitin (%) | Mannan (%) | Glucan (%) | Protein (µg)a | Porosityc (%) | Phosphomannan content (µg)b |
| C. albicans | 2.0 ± 1.3 | 36.1 ± 4.2 | 61.7 ± 4.4 | 146.4 ± 14.9 | 28.4 ± 8.7d | 114.2 ± 14.3 |
| C. krusei | 8.2 ± 1.0d | 23.9 ± 2.0d | 67.8 ± 2.0 | 76.4 ± 14.8d | 57.7 ± 10.5 | 66.1 ± 9.0 |
| C. auris | 4.5 ± 1.6d | 30.8 ± 1.1 | 64.9 ± 2.5 | 138.7 ± 18.2 | 30.9 ± 9.4d | 110.1 ± 15.2 |
| C. tropicalis | 2.3 ± 1.0 | 36.2 ± 3.5 | 62.9 ± 5.0 | 129.7 ± 15.3 | 62.8 ± 8.9 | 139.5 ± 19.0d |
| C.guilliemondii | 2.2 ± 1.0 | 47.8 ± 4.0d | 50.0 ± 5.0d | 131.6 ± 18.9 | 72.3 ± 12.7 | 131.2 ± 8.9d |
Notes: aµg of protein/mg of cell wall. bµg of alcian blue bound/OD600 = 1. cRelative to diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-dextran. dP < 0.05, when compared with the values from the other species analyzed. Data presented as mean ± SD. Cell cultures were propagated at 30 °C in Sabouraud broth (1% [w/v] mycological peptone, 4% [w/v] glucose).