Periodic selection in longterm continuous-flow cultures of the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum.

doi:10.1099/00221287-139-11-2811

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Periodic selection in longterm continuous-flow cultures of the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum.

Journal of general microbiology - 1 Nov 1993

Wiebe M G, Robson G D, Cunliffe B, Oliver S G, Trinci A P

Abstract excerpt

By monitoring increases and decreases in the proportion of cycloheximide-resistant macroconidia, periodic selection was observed in populations of the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum, grown in glucose-limited chemostat cultures. The results indicated that periodic selection of advantageou...

Topics

Cycloheximide
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Fusarium
Mutation
Periodicity
Selection, Genetic

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