Control of dimorphism inPhialophora verrucosa
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Medical Mycology
- Vol. 12 (2) , 202-213
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00362177485380281
Abstract
The black mold P. verrucosa grew in a defined liquid medium in continuously agitated culture at 27°C with the formation of mycelia and production of phialospores. When Mn++ was omitted from the defined medium, phialospores were not formed, and the dispened growth, consisted of short hyphae with terminal chlamydospores resembling the tissue phase sclerotic cells. This response was specific toward Mn++ and not to other cations tested. When grown in the presence of 54Mn, 23% of the radioactivity was found in phialospores and the remaining 77% in the hyphae as follows: 52% in the soluble fraction of the cytoplasm, 6% assubcellular particles and 19% in the cell wall. The 54Mn of the soluble fraction was dialyzable, not precipitable with ammonium sulfate, and had a molecular weight of less than 700 as judged by Sephadex G10 column chromatography. After exhaustive washing and lipid extraction, radioactivity persisted in isolated cell walls but was removed on treatment with EDTA or by extraction of the black cell wall pigment with alkaline peroxide. The Mn++ cation found to control dimorphism was present as a cytoplasmic pool in low molecular weight form and was also bound to the cell walls indicating a possible role in wall biosynthesis. La moisissure noire P. verrucosa se développe dans un milieu liquide défini en culture agitée à 27°C, sous forme de sphéres mycéliennes et avec production de phialospores. Lorsque Mn++ n'est pas ajouté au milieu défini, il n'y a pas formation de phialospores; la croissance est dispersée et donne naissance à des hyphes courts portant des chlamydospores terminales ressemblant aux cellules fumagoides de la phase tissulaire. Cette action est spécifique des ions Mn++; les autres cations essayés ne sont pas actifs. Lorsque la croissance a lieu en présence de 54Mn, 52% de la radioactivité est incorporée dans la fraction soluble du cytoplasme, 6% dans les particules sub-cellulaires, 23% dans les phialospores et 19% dans les parois cellulaires. Après lavage soigneux et extraction des lipides, la radioactivité persiste dans les parois cellulaires; mais elle est éliminée par un traitement à l'EDTA.Keywords
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