ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TILE SYMBIOSIS OF TER ITOMYCES ...

TABIZ, 4.3.2 Events during course of germination and growth of
Te-rmitowyces blantospores In culture.
TIME
6 hours ru) germination.
22 hours I nomo spores have geminatedo
(CA medium. 3000
24 hours I
geraLnaticm and growth of many JIPOrcze SOMO still
ungeminated*
48 houris many side branches have developed.
4,1days aide branches have been produced to fill In the centre
of the colony* Anastomoses have been formed* Dominance
of leading hyphae,
7 days ac - cumulations of hyphae have occurred to form cultural
Mycot'hese
10 daya I some of the Initial colonies have disappeared and very
little growth has occurred In some of the others.
14 days 10 the actively growing colonies have reached approximatelY
cm diameter*
169.
17 days some colonies have stopped growing and appear to be under-
going autolysis, In all cases there in a larger actively
growing colony nearby which suggests competition and
local nutrient exhaustion. Those actively growing have
assumed organized form with dominance of leading hyphae,
anastocioses and nite; =te braxwhinge
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