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Yeast/Mycelial Dimorphism

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Growth, Differentiation and Sexuality

Part of the book series: The Mycota ((MYCOTA,volume 1))

Abstract

All classes of the Eumycota contain members exhibiting yeast/mycelial dimorphism. In certain environments the fungus grows as spherical (Fig. 1A) or ellipsoidal (Fig. IB) budding yeasts. Under other conditions it grows by apical extension and branching of multicellular (Fig. ID) or coenocytic (Fig. 1C) hyphae. Dimorphism is common in several important plant pathogens (e.g., Cerato-cystis ulmi, Ustilago may dis, and Rhodosporidium sphaerocarpum) and numerous human pathogens (e.g., Candida albicans, Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis). Pathogenicity is generally limited to only one of the alternative morphologies. This correlation between morphology and pathogenicity has served as a major incentive to elucidate the molecular basis of dimorphism.

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Orlowski, M. (1994). Yeast/Mycelial Dimorphism. In: Wessels, J.G.H., Meinhardt, F. (eds) Growth, Differentiation and Sexuality. The Mycota, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11908-2_8

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