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Chemical and Physical Factors Influencing Growth of Phytophthora parasitica var. nicotianae on Vegetable Oils
Author(s) -
Hendrix James W.,
Norman Calvin,
Appli J. L.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1966.tb09087.x
Subject(s) - triolein , oleic acid , food science , tocopherol , cottonseed oil , mineral oil , chemistry , cholesterol , biology , triglyceride , botany , biochemistry , antioxidant , vitamin e , organic chemistry , lipase , enzyme
Factors influencing the growth of Phytophthora parasition var. nicotiona on vegetable oil liquid media were studied. This fungus grew poorly on oleic acid, triolein, and tristearin. Cholesterol and α‐tocopherol reversed the toxicity of oleic acid. Growth was often stimulated by addition of mineral oil to a glucose medium, and sterols dissolved in mineral oil frequently stimulated grwoth. Shaking produced a 5‐fold or more increase in growth on either glucose or cottonseed oil media. Cholesterol (20 μ/ml further increased growth on glucose meidum in shake culture by at least 100%. Growth was usually better at pH 6.7 than at 5.4 or 7.7. Growth in shake culture on a glucose medium supplemented with cholesterol and α‐tocopherol approached that occuring on vegetable oil media.