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What polysaccharide is used to construct the cell walls of fungi?
Chitin
Cellulose
Peptidoglycan
Amylose
Fungal cell walls can be differentiated from plant and bacterial cell walls in that they are made of the polysaccharide chitin. Plant cell walls use cellulose, and bacteria use peptidoglycan. Amylose is a component of starch.