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A simple and rapid technique for obtaining a high proportion of hybrid cleistothecia in Aspergillus nidulans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

B. W. Bainbridge
B. W. Bainbridge
Affiliation:
Microbiology Department, Queen Elizabeth College, London

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A technique is reported for crossing strains of Aspergillus nidulans which produces hybrid cleistothecia in 7 days. The method depends on the partial inhibition of cleistothecium formation of auxotrophic mutants by growth-factor limitation. Cleistothecia form at the junction of two strains inoculated on to complete medium. The method has a number of advantages over standard techniques.

Type
Short Papers
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 1974 , pp. 115 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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