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Sclerotia formed by citric acid producing strains of Aspergillus niger: Induction and morphological analysis.
Fungal biology - 1 Jun 2021
Ellena Valeria, Bucchieri Daniela, Arcalis Elsa, Sauer Michael, Steiger Matthias G
Abstract excerpt
Some strains of Aspergillus niger have been previously reported to produce sclerotia under certain conditions. Sclerotia are aggregations of hyphae which can act either as survival or as sexual structures in species related to A. niger. In this study, we were able to induce the formation of sclerotia in the progenitor of the industrial citric acid producing strains of A. niger, ATCC 1015, and in pyrG mutants...
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