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Utilization of six oligosaccharides (viz., sucrose, maltose, cellobiose, lactose, raffinose and melezitose) by the isolates ofColletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz. causing leaf-spot diseases ofCarissa carandas L.,Eucalyptus robusta Sm. andBougainvillaea glabra Choizy has been studied. Daily chromatographic analysis of the culture medium revealed that the utilization of sucrose, maltose, cellobiose and raffinose was through a hydrolytic pathway. In case of lactose and melezitose no hydrolytic product could be detected. During the utilization of sucrose two oligosaccharides (Rf 0.27 and 0.2) made their appearance. TheBougainvillaea-isolate synthesized two oligosaccharides (Rf 0.18 and 0.1) in a maltose medium although no glucose could be traced, while in case of the other two isolates, in addition to these synthetic oligosaccharides, glucose also appeared. When theCarissa-isolate ofColletotrichum gloeosporioides was grown on a cellobiose medium, in addition to glucose, two synthetic oligosaccharides (Rf 0.15 and 0.11) were formed. Other two isolates showed the formation of one oligosaccharide (Rf 0.15) and no glucose. The dry weight of mycelium recorded an increase on oligosaccharides with slow rate of consumption, while on oligosaccharides with rapid rate of utilization it tended to become constant or showed a decline towards the end of the incubation.
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Ghosh, A.K. Utilization of oligosaccharides by three pathogenic isolates of colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 35, 268–280 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02050742
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