Chemical analysis of the cell wall.

Conidia were inoculated into 200 ml medium at a concentration of 106 conidia/ml, and incubated at 37°C with shaking (200 rpm) for 36 h. The cell wall was extracted as described under Materials and Methods. Three aliquots of 10 mg lyophilized cell walls were used as independent samples for cell wall analysis and the experiment was repeated 3 times. The values (mean ± SD) shown are cell wall component per 10 mg dry cell walls.