@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-19-1-87, author = "Lewin, R. A.", title = "The Cell Walls of Platymonas", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1958", volume = "19", number = "1", pages = "87-90", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-19-1-87", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-19-1-87", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY: Electron micrographs of cell walls of the unicellular green flagellate Plaiymonas subcordiformis revealed no evidence of a fibrous construction. A preparation of walls was isolated, hydrolysed, and analysed by paper chromatography. The major components indicated were galactose and a uronic acid; glucose was not detected. It was concluded that the cell walls of this alga are not composed of cellulose.", }