Chlorella Cell Wall monosaccharides

Chlorella Cell Wall monosaccharides

NC64a211-6PBi
SugarMole %Mole %Mole %
Arabinose5.312.419.9
Fucose0.706.7
Galactose9.119.15.4
Glucose51.319.85.4
Mannose5.313.29.5
Rhamnose16.027.133.9
Xylose5.58.48.2
Glucosamine6.9++


NC64a from Meints et al Virology 164, 15-21 (1988)

Others from Chuchird, et al Microbes and Environments 16, 206-12 (2001) - Yamada's lab

Kapaun et al Phytochem 31, 3103-4 (1992) report that hosts of European viruses have walls rich (~20%) in uronic acids.