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Efficient isolation of thermophilic and thermotolerant mucoralean fungi

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Rhizomucor miehei (Cooney & Emerson) Schipper, R. pusillus (Lindt) Schipper, Rhizopus rhizopodiformis (Cohn) Zopf, and Absidia corymbifera (Cohn) Sacc. & Trotter were isolated from numerous materials immersed in YpSs agar or 2% malt extract agar containing 50 μg/ml Benlate, 100 U/ml penicillin G, and 40 μg/ml streptomycin sulfate; agar plates were incubated at 45 °C. Alternative media and procedures useful for special circumstances are described. These four pathogenic thermophilic or thermotolerant species were readily isolated from spices, herbal teas, sunflower seeds, and other materials.

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Tansey, M.R. Efficient isolation of thermophilic and thermotolerant mucoralean fungi. Mycopathologia 85, 31–42 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436699

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