Composition of the cell wall of Entamoeba invadens cysts
Arroyo-Begovich, A.; Carabez-Trejo, A.; Ruíz-Herrera, J.
Archivos de Investigacion Medica 9 Suppl. 1: 99-104
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0066-6769 PMID: 697489 Document Number: 130657
Cyst walls isolated from Entamoeba invadens have a microfibrillar structure. The main sugars detected in acid hydrolysates from walls were hexosamines. X-ray diffraction analysis of the cyst walls demonstrated that the only crystalline polymer present was chitin.
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