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Hyphal walls were isolated from the Oomycete, Apodachlya sp. Microscope examination of wall preparations showed that they were clean and relatively free of cellulin granules. The principal wall constituents, accounting for more than half of wall weight, were β-glucans with 1,3- and 1,6-glucosidic linkages. Apparently chitin was the second most abundant wall constituent (18%) and cellulose accounted for less than 10% of wall weight. Protein was a significant wall constituent (6.4%), and protein hydrolysis demonstrated nearly all common amino acids plus hydroxyproline; additionally, the unusual amino acid, hydroxylysine was tentatively identified. The lipid and ash constituents were small (1.7% and 0.4%, respectively) and no particular significance was assigned to them. The possible occurrence of wall glycoproteins and the relationship between wall chemistry and systematics in Apodachlya and related genera were discussed.
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Lin, C.C., Sicher, R.C. & Aronson, J.M. Hyphal wall chemistry in Apodachlya . Arch. Microbiol. 108, 85–91 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425096
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