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Cellulose is the major component of the cell walls of:

  1. A
    Saccharomyces
  2. B
    Pythium
  3. C
    Xanthomonas
  4. D
    Pseudomonas

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Pythium is an Oomycete (water mold). Unlike "true" fungi like Saccharomyces (yeast) which have chitinous cell walls, Oomycetes have cell walls primarily composed of cellulose. Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas are bacteria with peptidoglycan cell walls.

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Cellulose is the major component of the cell walls of:
A
Saccharomyces
B
Pythium
C
Xanthomonas
D
Pseudomonas

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