Susceptibility and Resistance of Several Fungi to Microbial Lysis

Author:

Potgieter H. J.1,Alexander M.1

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, Department of Agronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Abstract

Potgieter , H. J. (Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.), and M. Alexander . Susceptibility and resistance of several fungi to microbial lysis. J. Bacteriol. 91: 1526–1532. 1966.—Strains of Streptomyces, Nocardia , and Pseudomonas capable of lysing hyphae of Fusarium solani or Neurospora crassa were obtained by selective culture, but attempts to isolate an organism lysing Rhizoctonia solani failed. When provided with F. solani or N. crassa as carbon sources, the actinomycetes tested produced β-(1 → 3) glucanase and chitinase. A mixture containing purified chitinase and β-(1 → 3) glucanase induced spheroplast formation in F. solani , caused some morphological changes in N. crassa , but had almost no effect on R. solani hyphae. The polysaccharides in R. solani walls, which contain a large amount of glucose as well as galactose, mannose, and glucosamine, were not hydrolyzed appreciably by the two enzymes. Laminaribiose and laminaritriose were released by enzymatic hydrolysis of F. solani and N. crassa walls, and gentiobiose was liberated from R. solani and N. crassa walls. Melaninlike materials were found in R. solani walls, accounting for 8.50% of the wall weight. A role for melanin in protecting hyphae from microbial lysis is suggested.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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