A New Species of Metarrhizium Active in Decomposing Cellulose
| Autor: | Seth Pope |
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| Rok vydání: | 1944 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine biology Physiology Cell Biology General Medicine Fungus 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Division (horticulture) Botany Genetics Cellulose Molecular Biology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Mycologia. 36:343-350 |
| ISSN: | 1557-2536 0027-5514 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00275514.1944.12017557 |
| Popis: | A fungus, isolated from deteriorated baled cotton stored in Washington, D. C., and tentatively assigned by Dr. Charles Thom to the genus Metarrhizium, was reported by Greathouse, Klemme, and Barker (4) to have shown extraordinary activity in decomposing cotton fabric in certain pure-culture tests. This fungus has since been used in the Division of Cotton and Other Fiber Crops and Diseases, and in other laboratories, in connection with the evaluation of mildewproofing agents or rot resistance of fabrics (5). It is easily handled in culture, sporulates freely, and has remained stable in its cultural characteristics and cellulose-decomposing activity for the past 3 years. Preliminary studies have indicated that this fungus is not identical with any known species of Metarrhizium, so it appears desirable to describe it as new. |
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