Abstract
The composition of isolated, chemically intact spore (sporangiospore) walls of Mucor rouxii was determined and found markedly distinct from vegetative cell walls previously studied. As qualitative differences, spore walls contain glucan (their major component) and melanin, but lack fucose and galactose. Spore wall melanin was isolated as a triple complex of melanin-glucosamine-protein. Quantitatively, spore walls differ appreciably from vegetative cell walls in glucosamine, phosphate, mannan, protein, and lipid content. It was concluded that spore differentiation (sporogenesis and spore germination) entails an extensive chemical differentiation of the cell wall presumably underlined by profound changes in cell wall metabolism.
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