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Double staining study of nuclei and cell walls inPoria cocos indicated that the hyphal cells were multinucleate and had no clamp connections. Isozyme analysis of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) in 52 natural isolates revealed that there were three types of banding patterns: type I, five bands; type II, one slow band; type III, one fast band. Regenerants expressing type-II or type-III ADH-isozyme pattern were obtained from type-I isolates via protoplast manipulation. When the type-II regenerants were mated with the type-III regenerants, hyphae of type-I phenotype appeared. These data indicated that these type-II and type-III regenerants derived from protoplasts of the type-I isolates were primary hyphae. These primary hyphal cells were also multinucleate. Inter-strain mating ofP. cocos was performed and confirmed by ADH-isozyme analysis. Confronting cultures of a type-III regenerant derived from protoplasts of a type-I isolate and a type-II regenerant derived from a type-II isolate resulted in type-I hyphae.
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Igari, N., Minoura, S. & Okada, M. Multinucleate nature, and mating by use of isozyme analysis inPoria cocos . Mycoscience 36, 405–411 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02268624
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