QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF CHITIN IN FUNGI

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Abstract
The chitin content of 25 fungal strains was established quantitatively. When grown in shake flasks in an acid medium for 8 days, from 2.6 to 26.2% of the dry weight of the fungal mycelium was chitin. Galactosamine could not be detected in the fungal chitin. Fungal spores contained chitin, whereas bacterial spores did not.