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Colonial growth ofNeurospora sitophila phenotypically induced by ramihyphin A is accompanied by marked changes in the contents of DNA, RNA and proteins in the mycelium, and in the relative proportion of hexoses in cell wall hydrolysates. The glucosamine/glucose ratio is also characteristic for colonial growth. X-ray analysis of cell walls showed that ramihyphin A suppresses the crystalline arrangement of chitin in cell walls. A combination of microbiological, biochemical and physico-chemical methods yielded a general picture of the changes accompanying the colonial growth ofNeurospora sitophila.
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Betina, V., Hudec, J., Baráth, Z. et al. Colonial growth and ramihyphin A — Induced changes in cell walls ofNeurospora sitophila . Folia Microbiol 21, 274–284 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02876903
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