Polysaccharides of the cell walls of fungi pathogenic for the cotton plant

The dynamics of the secretion of polysaccharides by fungi pathogenic for the cotton plant — Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxysporum — have been studied. An alkaline hydrolysate of the fungal cell walls has been obtained. Total fractions of the polysaccharides have been separated on Sephadex G-50 and Acrilex P-4, and their monosaccharide compositions have been determined.Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, fax (3712) 41 71 29. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 198–201, March–April, 1995. Original article submitted October 19, 1994.