Which carbohydrate makes up the cell wall of fungi?

A: Chitin

B: Cellulose

C: Glycogen

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Biology

Imani

20 September, 23:55

Which carbohydrate makes up the cell wall of fungi?

A: Chitin

B: Cellulose

C: Glycogen

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Roderick Kirk · Answer 1

Roderick Kirk 21 September, 00:36

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The answer is a chitin

Beckett Trevino · Answer 2

A. Chitin

Chitin is a nitrogen containing polysaccharide. Fungi build their chitin from a disaccharide of acetyglucoamine a modified sugar they polymerize into chitin.

Cellulose and glycogen are polysaccharides. Cellulose is linear while glycogen is a branched polysaccharide.

Which carbohydrate makes up the cell wall of fungi?A: ChitinB: CelluloseC: Glycogen

Which carbohydrate makes up the cell wall of fungi?

A: Chitin

B: Cellulose

C: Glycogen