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Carbohydrate composition and taxonomy of the genusDipodascus

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Carbohydrates released during acid hydrolysis of intact cells ofDipodascus were studied by gas-liquid chromatographic analysis as their trimethylsilyl derivatives. In addition, cells were characterized by pyrolysis gas-liquid chromatography and pyrolysis mass spectrometry.

The data obtained support the classification ofDipodascus uninucleatus in a separate genusDipodascopsis. Glucuronic acid is present inD. uninucleatus and, therefore, a possible affinity to fungi classified in the Zygomycetes is considered.Dipodascus aggregatus andDipodascus australiensis were found to be rather different, but very close toGeotrichum candidum and related species.

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Weijman, A.C.M. Carbohydrate composition and taxonomy of the genusDipodascus . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 43, 323–331 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02313759

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