RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Chitin and chitosan quantification in fungal cell wall via Raman spectroscopy A1 Barroso Solares, Suset A1 López Moya, Federico A1 Fraile, Teresa A1 Prieto Colorado, Ángel Carmelo A1 López Llorca, Luis A1 Pinto Sanz, Javier K1 Biocontrol fungi K1 Chitin K1 Chitosan K1 Aminopolysaccharides K1 Raman spectroscopy K1 31 Ciencias Agrarias AB Investigation of cell wall composition is necessary to understand the interactions between fungi and the environment as it is the external layer exposed to stimuli and detected by other organisms. Pochonia chlamydosporia and Akanthomyces lecanii, two fungal species living in the soil and infecting nematodes and insects, exhibit endophytic interactions with various plant species. Determination of cell wall composition is essential to understand the mechanisms underlying these interactions. Therefore, in this study, for the first time, we assessed the relative amounts of chitin and chitosan in the cell walls of P. chlamydosporia (PC123) and A. lecanii (69NZ, 85SCT, 126KNY, and 447SAF) via Raman spectroscopy. The isolate with the highest chitosan percentage was 69NZ, followed by 85SCT, PC123, 447SAF, and 126KNY. Moreover, combination with conventional approaches for chitin and chitosan quantification yielded quantitative results for all cell wall components. Overall, these results highlight the mechanisms by which fungi exhibit chitosan resistance and avoid detection by the host plant during root colonization. PB Elsevier SN 1386-1425 YR 2025 FD 2025 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/77004 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/77004 LA eng NO Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2025, vol. 334, p. 125928 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 03-ago-2025