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The Role of Chitin in Hyphal Morphogenesis

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Chitin in Nature and Technology

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Chitin is a structural component present in the wall of all fungi except the Oomycetes where cellulose plays a similar role. It is usually considered to be present as microfibrils, consisting of crystalline chitin embedded in an amorphous matrix (1), because most electronmicroscopical and X-ray diffraction studies show microfibrillar and crystalline chitin. However these results were usually obtained after drastic chemical treat¬ments of the wall and induction of crystallisation and microfibril formation by these treatments remains a possibility (2).

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Sietsma, J.H., Vermeulen, C.A., Wessels, J.G.H. (1986). The Role of Chitin in Hyphal Morphogenesis. In: Muzzarelli, R., Jeuniaux, C., Gooday, G.W. (eds) Chitin in Nature and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2167-5_9

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