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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) D By. was grown in stationary liquid mineral-salts medium, pH 4.3, containing various carbon sources and the weight of mycelia and sclerotia was determined at regular intervals. When grown on various glucose concentrations (0–24 g of C/l), more sclerotia were produced at 8–12 g of C/l. Sclerotia were not usually formed in shake cultures. The ability of the fungus to use other carbon sources for growth and sclerotium formation was tested at 12 g of C/l in the stationary mineral-salts medium. The highest weights of mycelia and sclerotia occurred with raffinose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, d-mannose, d-glucose, d-fructose or l-arabinose. Good growth but decreased sclerotium production were found on cellobiose and d-xylose. Reduced or poor growth, a long lag period and few or no sclerotia occurred on trehalose, melibiose, l-sorbose, l-rhamnose, d-ribose, d-arabinose, l-xylose or 8 polyols. No growth was observed with erythritol or i-inositol. A combination of glucose plus trehalose or polyols resulted in increased growth and the formation of sclerotia. Organic acids supported little or no growth and no sclerotia were produced. Generally culture filtrates which supported growth and formation of sclerotia became acid (about pH 3.5). The pH of the culture filtrate usually increased slowly during the growth period when the fungus grew poorly and no sclerotia were formed. The alcoholsoluble sugars and polyols present in culture filtrates, mycelia and sclerotia were determined by paper and thin-layer chromatography. Regardless of the carbon source, mannitol was usually present in culture filtrates. The occurrence of other compounds in the filtrates depended on the carbon source. Trehalose, mannitol and usually small quantities of glucose or fructose were present in mycelia and sclerotia from all carbon sources. Galactitol or pentitols occurred in mycelia and sclerotia when the fungus grew on galactose and oligosaccharides containing galactose or the corresponding pentose, sugars. Acid hydrolyzates of the alcohol-insoluble fraction of mycelia or sclerotia contained glucose, smaller amounts of galactose and mannose and traces of ribose and rhamnose.
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Wang, SY.C., le Tourneau, D. Carbon sources, growth, sclerotium formation and carbohydrate composition of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum . Archiv. Mikrobiol. 80, 219–233 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00410123
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