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Salinity tolerance and ecological aspects of some microfungi from saline and non-saline soils in Wyoming

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The salt tolerance ofActinomucor harzii andPenicillium lilacinum both garden soil dominants and twoCephalosporium species from saline soils in Wyoming was investigated. BothCephalosporium species exhibited growth maxima, in culture, at salt concentrations approximating those of the habitat from which they were obtained.P. lilacinum exhibited an ability to adjust, with time, to high MgSO4 concentrations and is considered salt-tolerant.A. harzii was consistently salt-sensitive. The ecological significance of the investigation is discussed.

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Davidson, D.E. Salinity tolerance and ecological aspects of some microfungi from saline and non-saline soils in Wyoming. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 54, 181–188 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02050038

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