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Microbiology 142 (1996), 525-532
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microbiology, Vol 142, 525-532, Copyright © 1996 by Society for General Microbiology


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How do highly branched (colonial) mutants of Fusarium graminearum A3/5 arise during Quorn myco-protein fermentations?

MG Wiebe, ML Blakebrough, SH Craig, GD Robson and AP Trinci
School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.

Chlorate-resistant, highly branched (colonial) mutants and auxotrophic mutants were used to study the nuclear distribution, morphology and growth of heterokaryons of the Quorn myco-protein fungus, Fusarium graminearum A3/5. The results showed that for several complementary homokaryons, even a strong selective pressure was insufficient to maintain heterokaryons in a 'balanced' condition (i.e. exhibiting a wild-type or near wild-type phenotype). Furthermore, the margins of heterokaryotic colonies generally contained nuclei from only one of the parental homokaryons, indicating imperfect nuclear mixing within the mycelium. These observations suggest that recessive, colonial mutants may appear during Quorn myco-protein production following shear-induced separation of hyphal fragments which contain a sufficiently high ratio of colonial:wild-type nuclei for the colonial phenotype to be expressed.





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