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The genus Cladosporium and similar dematiaceous ... - CBS - KNAW

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De Hoog et al.<br />

Fig. 5. Microscopic morphology of C. carrionii, strain <strong>CBS</strong> 160.54. Conidiophore erect, i.e. mostly arising at 90° from creeping hypha (sketch). Scale bar = 10 µm.<br />

histological sections no internal or external fungal elements were<br />

observed. None of the fungi isolated from the control plants proved<br />

to be a species of Cladophialophora.<br />

With 96 plants with superficial application of spore suspension<br />

(48 plants for each isolate, either clinical or environmental) neither<br />

internal nor external lesions were observed. Histological sectioning<br />

did not reveal fungal elements in or on plant tissue. Short hyphal<br />

elements <strong>and</strong> meristematic cells were occasionally seen around<br />

<strong>and</strong> inside the outer layers of the spines. <strong>The</strong> re-isolated strains<br />

proved that the fungi survived during the entire experimental<br />

procedure: <strong>CBS</strong> 114402 (C. carrionii) was isolated from 32 (66.67<br />

%) plants <strong>and</strong> <strong>CBS</strong> 114405 (C. yegresii) from 33 (68.75 %). <strong>The</strong> X 2<br />

test did not detect significant differences in survival rates among<br />

the isolates (X 2 c = 0.4375 < X 2 t = 3.84).<br />

Mature plants inoculated using colonised toothpicks showed<br />

average scarring of 1.88 cm diam with C. carrionii <strong>and</strong> 1.33 cm<br />

diam with C. yegresii, around the point of inoculation. In histological<br />

sections of 100 plants, dark, septate hyphae with inflated elements<br />

were observed at the points of inoculation. Muriform cells were not<br />

observed. Re-isolated strains were evidence of isolate viability:<br />

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