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Purified lamella wall fragments of Agaricus bisporus fruit bodies were analyzed and shown to consist of neutral sugars (46.5%), hexosamines (31.7%), proteins (9.5%), some lipid material (10.0%), and ash (1.4%). The cell walls were fractionated on the basis of their polysaccharide solubility in water and alkaline solutions. The isolated fractions, using methylation analysis, exhibited striking chemical structural differences compared with the same fractions obtained from the corresponding vegetative cells and fruit bodies (stipe and pileus) walls. The structural differences detected in the wall seem to correspond to the ultimate differentiation of the mycelium inside the fruit body of A. bisporus.
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Received: 30 November 1998 / Accepted: 29 January 1999
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Bernardo, D., Mendoza, C., Calonje, M. et al. Chemical Analysis of the Lamella Walls of Agaricus bisporus Fruit Bodies. Curr Microbiol 38, 364–367 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00006818
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00006818