Conidium Germination Rate in Wild and Domesticated Yellow-Green Aspergilli

AUTOR(ES)

Wicklow, D. T.

RESUMO

Conidia of domesticated yellow-green aspergilli from strains of Aspergillus oryzae (Ahlburg) Cohn and Aspergillus sojae Sakaguchi and Yamada ex Murakami, used in the preparation of koji inoculum, germinate approximately 3 h sooner than conidia produced by related wild species, Aspergillus flavus Link ex Fr. and Aspergillus parasiticus Speare. There was no consistent relationship between average conidium size and estimated 50% germination time. Germination trials were conducted on Czapek agar at 28°C. A hypothesis is offered that, in the propagation of koji inoculum, selection has favored those individuals capable of rapid conidium germination and germ tube extension, attributes that enable them to gain the available substrate during intraspecific competition.

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