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THERE are several reports on the carbohydrate constituents of the mycelium of different strains of Penicillium chrysogenum grown under different conditions. The presence of mannitol, erythritol, a polysaccharide containing glucose, mannose and galactose1, pentosan2, phosphates of mannose, and inositol3 and of glucose, fructose, pentose and heptose4 have been reported. Shu and Thorn5 grew P. chrysogenum Q176 in Czapek–Dox medium with 5 per cent glucose, galactose and xylose individually as the sole carbon source and reported that the mycelial hydrolysate in each case consisted of glucose.
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IRANI, R., GANAPATHI, K. Carbohydrate Constituents of the Mycelium of Penicillium chrysogenum grown in Media with Different Sources of Carbon. Nature 183, 758–760 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183758a0
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