Initiation of Dermatophyte Pleomorphic Strain Sporulation by Increased Aeration
AUTOR(ES)
Page, W. J.
RESUMO
A normally asporogenous pleomorphic strain of Microsporum gypseum was induced to sporulate by controlled aeration and dehydration. Aeration of the pleomorphic strain under optimal cultivation conditions caused the initiation of a sporulation cycle with equivalent growth parameters and percentage intracellular water loss as the wild-type strain. Initiation of sporulation was not due to alteration of the medium's nutrient concentration or consistency, concentration of fungal growth by-products, or removal of volatile „staling factors.” Macroconidia formed by the pleomorphic colonies were of characteristic wildtype morphology, but germinated to form typical pleomorphic colonies, indicating that the induced sporulation was strictly phenotypic and reversible. Other asporogenous pleomorphic strains from different dermatophyte genera also were induced to form macroconidia by aeration, suggesting a similarity in sporulation induction in Microsporum sp., Epidermophyton floccosum, and Trichophyton violaceum. Initiation of sporulation by aeration further suggested that the pleomorphic mutation was one which affected the sensitivity of the pleomorphic aerial hyphae to natural sporulation inducers (i.e., decreased humidity) and did not represent a loss in the ability to form fertile macroconidia.
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