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Protoplast isolation from cultured lichen Usnea ghattensis, their fusion with protoplasts of Aspergillus nidulans, fusant regeneration and production of usnic acid.
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Folia microbiologica [Folia Microbiol (Praha)] 2009 Sep; Vol. 54 (5), pp. 415-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Nov 24. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Protoplasts isolated from the mycobiont of a cultured lichen Usnea ghattensis were fused with protoplasts of the fungus Aspergillus nidulans in order to increase the growth rate of the cultured lichen mycobiont in vitro. The maximum protoplast yield (102 x 10(4)/g fresh cell mass) was reached in citrate buffer with 50 mmol/L 2-sulfanylethanol ('2-mercaptoethanol') containing 0.1 % Novozym after 1.5 h at pH 5 and <or=25 degrees C. The increase in the concentration of the above effectors or the addition of others (e.g., MgSO(4)) as well as increase in time, shaking frequency, etc. caused the lower yield of protoplasts. The fused protoplasts were regenerated after transfer to malt extract-yeast extract medium and produced, after a 45-d cultivation, a fresh cell mass of 0.232 g (from starting 0.3 g) along with the lichen substance usnic acid.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1874-9356
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Folia microbiologica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19937214
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-009-0058-x