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Animal Kingdom

Question
CBSEENBI11002552

Cellulose is the major component of cell walls of 

  • Pythium

  • Xanthomonas

  • Pseudomonas

  • Saccharomyces

Solution

A.

Pythium

Fungal cell wall contains 80-90% carbohydrates, the remainder being proteins can lipids. The typical feature of fungal cells wall is presence of chitin but cellulose does occur in cell walls of Oomycetes (eg, Pythium) and hyphochytridiomycetes.