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Sporangiospore-to-yeast
conversion: Model for morphogenesis
C. O. Omoifo
Microbial
Type Collection Center-1, Institute of Microbial Technology,
Sector 39-A, Chandigarh-160 036, India.
Permanent
address: Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria.
E-mail:
coomoifo@yahoo.com.
Accepted 20
March, 2009 |
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This report reviewed the specific characteristics of Mucor
circinelloides in solid cultures and its capacity for
multiple anamorphic expressions in synthetic broth,
including holoblastic, holothallic, enterothallic conidia,
and vesicular conidia head group as well as yeast cells.
Attempt was made to show that the sequence of events in the
conversion process, with inherent cytosolic nucleation and
protoplast formation, to terminal budding yeast cell would
serve as a model for studying morphogenetic transformation
in the fungi.
Key
words:
Mucor circinelloides,
conversion model, synthetic broth, sporangiospores,
anamorphs, yeast cells. |
