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ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF ASEXUAL SPORES IN KICKXELLACEAE
Author(s) -
YOUNG T. W. K.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1968.tb06398.x
Subject(s) - spore , mucorales , biology , phase contrast microscopy , electron microscope , botany , ultrastructure , biophysics , optics , physics , pathology , medicine , mucormycosis
S ummary Investigation of the surface structure of spores in Kickxellaceae by means of electron and phase contrast microscopy has revealed the presence of spinous protuberances in all the species investigated except Coemansia reversa . Spore spines are clearly nippled in some species and are arranged in various ways. From the evidence presented it appears that in several species the spore is liberated from within the merosporangial membrane thus behaving in a similar way to most other members of Mucorales.