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Protoplasts of the ectomycorrhizal ascomycete Cenococcum geophilum were isolated from mycelium grown in liquid medium. The method was optimized with regard to culture conditions, preincubation, lytic enzyme system, pH value of the incubation medium, osmotic buffer and incubation temperature for C. geophilum strains SIV and 1448. The yields were 1-3·108 and 7·106 protoplasts per gram fresh weight for C. geophilum SIV and C. geophilum 1448, respectively. Protoplasts from C. geophilum SIV exhibited plasma membrane integrity close to 100% (fluorescein diacetate staining). At least 50% of the protoplasts contained a nucleus (staining with acridine orange). The regeneration of protoplasts from C. geophilum is described for the first time. The regeneration frequency was up to 13%, and, dependent on the conditions of culture (liquid medium, agarose, agar), four types of regeneration patterns could be distinguished Regenerated protoplasts of C. geophilum were capable of forming mycorrhizas with spruce (Picea abies) seedlings.
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Stülten, C.H., Kong, F.X. & Hampp, R. Isolation and regeneration of protoplasts from the ectomycorrhizal ascomycete Cenococcum geophilum Fr.. Mycorrhiza 5, 259–266 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00204959
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