Open AccessTHE CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDES OF CANDIDA ALBICANS: GLUCAN, MANNAN, AND CHITIN
Author(s) -
C. T. Bishop,
F. Blank,
PATRICIA E. GARDNER
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
canadian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1480-3291
pISSN - 0008-4042
DOI - 10.1139/v60-124
Subject(s) - mannan , chemistry , polysaccharide , chitin , glucan , hydrolysis , mannose , periodate , candida albicans , mole , fractionation , biochemistry , stereochemistry , chromatography , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , chitosan
Cells of Candida albicans, a pathogenic yeast, have been shown to contain, in addition to chitin, a glucan ([α]D − 30°) and a mannan ([α]D + 78°) in the approximate ratio of 1.00:0.64. The two poly...
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