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AUTOINHIBITION OF SPORE GERMINATION IN NOSTOC SPONGIAEFORME (CYANOPHYCEAE) 1
Author(s) -
Thiel Teresa,
Wolk C. Peter
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1982.tb03187.x
Subject(s) - biology , spore , germination , nostoc , botany , spore germination , microbiology and biotechnology , cyanobacteria , bacteria , genetics
Medium in which cultures of Nostoc spongiaeforme Ag. have sporulated contains one or more substances which inhbit the germination of spores (akinetes) of this organism. Germination of spores occurs rapidly in the absence of these substances, but is virtually completely suppressed in their presence.