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Characterization of a rare species of Neurospora isolated from a river water sample in China

Author(s) -

Xia Yang,

Huang SiLiang,

Yubian Zhang,

Xiaoqiang Zhang

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

archives of biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1821-4339

pISSN - 0354-4664

DOI - 10.2298/abs140417034y

Subject(s) - neurospora , biology , internal transcribed spacer , nitrogen , sucrose , lactose , botany , ribosomal rna , chemistry , neurospora crassa , food science , biochemistry , gene , organic chemistry , mutant

A fungal isolate (ZZS4408) was obtained from a river water sample in Henan, China, and identified as a member of Neurospora brevispora, a rare species of Neurospora based on its morphological characteristics and ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (rDNA-ITS) sequence. The temperatures suitable for growth of the isolate were 28-37°C with 31°C as the optimum. The growth rates of hyphal tips were 19.1-42.5 (av. 31.9) μm min-1 at 32°C. The pH suitable for vegetative growth ranged from 5 to 7, with pH 5.5 as the optimum. The heterodisaccharides (sucrose and lactose) and D-alanine were found to be most favorable for vegetative growth of the isolate, as carbon and nitrogen sources, respectively. The vegetative growth of the isolate was more significantly influenced by nitrogen sources compared to carbon sources. N. brevispora could be considered a desirable fungal species for morphodifferentiation studies due to its rapid growth rates under favorable conditions

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