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Saprophytic growth of the alder rust fungus Melampsoridium hiratsukanum on artificial media.
Fungal biology - 1 Jul 2015
Moricca Salvatore, Ginetti Beatrice
Abstract excerpt
The first axenic culture of a free living saprophytic stage of the exotic rust fungus Melampsoridium hiratsukanum is reported. Colonies were obtained from one-celled, dikaryotic urediniospores on eight nutrient media out of twelve. Modified Harvey and Grasham (HG) and Schenk and Hildebrandt (HS) media HG1 and SH1 and their bovine serum albumin (BSA)-enriched derivatives gave abundant mycelial growth, but modified...
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