CELL WALL CHEMISTRY AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF <i>CHLOROCOCCUM OLEOFACIENS</i> (CHLOROPHYCEAE)<sup>1,</sup><sup>2</sup>

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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p> <jats:italic>Cell walls of</jats:italic> Chlorococcum oleofadens <jats:italic>Trainor & Bold were examined ultrastructurally and chemically. The wall of zoospores has a uniform 30 nm width and a regular lamellar pattern. Zoospores and young vegetative cell walk exhibit periodicities, consisting of 20 nm ridges on the outer layer. Vegetative cell walls have a variable thickness of Up to 800 nm and are composed of multiple layers of electron dense material. Further, vegetative walk contain a microfibrillar material composed predominantly of glucose and presumed to be cellulose. Except for this cellulose, vegetative cell wall chemistry is very similar to that of</jats:italic> Chlamydomemas <jats:italic>being composed of glycoprotein rich in hydroxyproline. The hydroxyproline in</jats:italic> Chlorococcum <jats:italic>walls is linked glycosidically to a mixture of hetrooligosaccharides composed of arabinose and galactose, and in one instance, an unknown 6‐deoxyhexose. Altogether, the glycoprotein complex accounts for at least 52% of the wall. The amino acid composition of the walls is stikingly similar to those of widely different plant species. Indirect evidence indicates zoospore cell walls are also chemically similar to those of</jats:italic> Chlamydomonas, <jats:italic>and like them, are cellulose free. Thus a major chemical difference between zoospore and vegetative cell walk of</jats:italic> Chlorococcum <jats:italic>is the presence of cellulose in the latter. The contribution of this microfibrillar cellulose to the physical properties of the vegetative wall is discussed</jats:italic>.</jats:p>

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