ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TILE SYMBIOSIS OF TER ITOMYCES ...

7-3-2- )ODIODS
(1) Red cabbage extract (JOrgesisen and Vejlby 1953).
Termitm3T! osa cultures associated with different termite species
were grown on slopes of Pl)ý. (Appendix 1), When well grown 5 MI of red
cabbage extract was added* They were left at room temperature and the
colour of the extract noted after 3 and 7 dayso
(2) Bavenda= test (Davidson et al. 1938).
Plates of rýalt agar to which gallic or tannic acid was added were
inoculated with Termitomyces cultures associated with different tomite
specieso The cultures used were from botli sr, medium and frcra the
selective mediumel This waslin case the previous medium had any
inductive effect. The cultures were incubated at 290C and cbecked
for the oxidaze, reaction after 2 days* 7 days and 14 days, There was
generally little change after Tdays*
Termite outs*
Thirty outs from Macrotormes bellicosu_9 and 15 Vts from
Hicroterren or. 0 were placed on PlAtOB Of CPllIc and tannic acid
media@ The medium contained cycloheximide to prevent fungal growth,
7-3-3 RESULTS
The results are given In Tables 7-3-2-7.3-4.
3z6.