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Cell walls of the yeastSaccharomyces cerevisiae after disintegration and protoplasm removal by centrifugation and repeated washing were suspended in 0.5m Na2HPO4, pH 7.8–8.0, as a 5% or 10% suspension, depending on the mode of heating. The suspension was boiled for 3h, purified by repeated washing with water and ethanol and dried. The yield was approximately 1.8% of the starting amount of pressed commercial baker’s yeast.
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Holan, Z., Beran, K. & Miler, I. Preparation of zymosan from yeast cell walls. Folia Microbiol 25, 501–504 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02897218
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