Comparative degradation of oomycete, ascomycete, and basidiomycete cell walls by mycoparasitic and biocontrol fungi
Comparative degradation of oomycete, ascomycete, and basidiomycete cell walls by mycoparasitic and biocontrol fungi
Inglis, G.D.; Kawchuk, L.M.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology 48(1): 60-70
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4166
PMID: 11888164
DOI: 10.1139/w01-130
Fourteen fungi (primarily representing mycoparasitic and biological control fungi) were tested for their ability to grow on and degrade cell walls (CWs) of an oomycete (Pythium ultimum), ascomycete (Fusarium equisetii), and basidiomycete (Rhizoctonia solani), and their hydrolytic enzymes were characterized. Protein was detected in the cultural medium of eleven of the test isolates, and these fungi significantly degraded CWs over the 14-day duration of the experiment.