Paracoccidioides Spp.: Virulence Factors and Immune-Evasion Strategies

Table 3

Biochemical study of P. brasiliensis and P. lutzii cell wall composition in the presence of horse serum. Yeast cells were grown on YPD or YPD supplemented with 5% horse serum for 4 days at 37°C. HS, horse serum.

Cell wall polysaccharides content	P. brasiliensis strain Pb73, yeast phase; Grown on		P. lutzii strain Pb01, yeast phase; Grown on
	YPD	YPD+ 5%HS	YPD	YPD + 5%HS
Chitin	15.7 ± 0.3	12.8 ± 0.3	21.1 ± 0.7	21.4 ± 1.0
α-(1,3)-Glucan	17.9 ± 0.2	32.5 ± 1.1	25.7 ± 0.4	25.2 ± 0.3
β-(1,3)-Glucan	5.8 ± 0.3	5.1 ± 0.1	3.8 ± 0.3	2.3 ± 0.3