title: Carbohydrate composition and taxonomy of the genus Dipodascus.
abstract: Carbohydrates released during acid hydrolysis of intact cells of Dipodascus were studied by gas-liquid chromatographic analysis as their trimethylsilyl derivatives. In addition, cells were characterized by pyrolysis gas-liquid chromatography and pyrolysis mass spectrometry. The data obtained support the classification of Dipodascus uninucleatus in a separate genus Dipodascopsis. Glucuronic acid is present in D. uninucleatus and, therefore, a possible affinity to fungi classified in the Zygomycetes is considered. Dipodascus aggregatus and Dipodascus australiensis were found to be rather different, but very close to Geotrichum candidum and related species.
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification*; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates