ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TILE SYMBIOSIS OF TER ITOMYCES ...

Comparing the results. of both sets of controls
(Table3 5*7*4
and 5,70) it can be seen thatt although the Addition of sterile Watero
wthanol an& benzene to the soil dilution plate3 decreases the nL=bDr
of fungi developingg the only aignificAnt decrease In In the case of
bcnzme. JDven lEio the extract results were in all cases In the one way
analysis of variance compared to the relevant solvent control and not
to the soil control*
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Exper, imant (D* Fungux comb extractus- the extract of nmCus comb
in water slightly Increases the mmber of fungi developing probably due
to some being put in with the comb materialq but this increase In not
significante The extract In methanol decreases : Cungal Germination by
9%9 but this Is not significantly different from the control. The
benzene extract did not significantly reduce tho germination* Although
there is a slight reduction in pu; bera of fungi germinating after treat-
ment with the mothAnol. And benzene extracts the fungub, c=b extracts do,
not significantly reduce the n=bers. of fungi germinating*
Foodstore eytractut. an e7. tract of foodstoro in wateir incre"eG
the number of spores germinating by almo3t 5CXY%* Fro= . the dilution
plate experiment results on foodstorog (Table 5*2.7)9 this would be
expected as the foodstore In loaded with 230 x 103 spores c dry weiGhOo
Lven with the large n=ber of spores being Introduced with the food-
store the extract In methanol still manages to decrease the number of
fungi Germinating by almost 50% ft. the methanol control -a
sicnificant decre"e. (l%, level)* The benzene extract decreasess the
number. by 11% but this Is not sicinificant,