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Oxidative deficiencies and some ultrastructural features of acridine-induced male strains of Allomyces arbusculus

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A high proportion of small, frequently TTC- and highly (some 100%) masculinized gametophytic colonies have been produced from meiospores of Allomyces arbusculus plated on acridine-containing media.

Endogenous O2-consumption as well as succinate dehydrogenase and cytochrome oxidase activities are reduced in the acridine-treated masculinized strains studied. Such sharp deficiencies in the oxidative metabolism are paralleled in an acridine-male strain by structural defects such as highly reduced number of cristae in the mitochondria.

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    G. Turian, M. N. Ojha, Ruth Scheps & Nina Oulevey

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Turian, G., Ojha, M.N., Scheps, R. et al. Oxidative deficiencies and some ultrastructural features of acridine-induced male strains of Allomyces arbusculus . Archiv. Mikrobiol. 69, 92–100 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00408567

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