Saccharomyces cerevisiae polysaccharide formed

Chitin is almost always found as crystalline microfibrils usually embedded in a matrix constituted of other polysaccharides. For example, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae(19), chitin is found in the form of microfibrils along with fibrilar (1-+3)-6-D-gl ucan. The latter is also found in other species as a matrix polysaccharide embedding the chitin microfibrils as in Schizophyl1 urn commune.(31) This composite material is also associated with (l>TJ-3-D-glucan to constitute the final cell wal1. 

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