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The study of fungi relies, in part, on the axenic culture of isolates. Because so many fungi are found in nature in close proximity to each other, and many other organisms, study of their structure and function relies on the ability to grow and maintain a pure culture of the fungi. This chapter describes the methodology used to isolate a fungus that is present in abundance in a soil sample and covers many techniques that are widely used in microbiology laboratories.
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O’Donovan, A., Gupta, V.K., Tuohy, M.G. (2013). Fungal Specimen Collection and Processing. In: Gupta, V., Tuohy, M., Ayyachamy, M., Turner, K., O’Donovan, A. (eds) Laboratory Protocols in Fungal Biology. Fungal Biology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2356-0_4
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