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Protoplast yields from Sclerotium glucanicum using Novozym 234 as the lytic enzyme were affected by the osmotic stabilizers selected, the incubation conditions used for wall degradation, and culture age. Scanning electron microscopic observations revealed that protoplast release from all hyphal regions gradually followed random wall attack, and nuclear staining showed that some protoplasts contained as many as eight nuclei. Their regeneration involved germ tube production on solid media, but formation of chains of buds and possibly cytoplasmic cleavage in liquid medium. Regenerated protoplasts gave similar exopolysaccharide yields to those of the parent culture.
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Deed, A., Seviour, R. Formation and regeneration of protoplasts of Sclerotium glucanicum . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 31, 259–264 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00258406
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