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Low pH in fungal bud initials

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Quenching of fluorescence of the pH probe, 4-methylesculetin, in bud initials ofAllomyces hyphae and yeast (Saccharomyces) vegetative cells confirms the cytoplasmic acidity (pH not more than 5) in such amitochondrial structures.

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  1. Laboratoire de Microbiologie générale, Université de Genève, Place de l'Université 3, CH-1211, Genève 4, Switzerland

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Turian, G. Low pH in fungal bud initials. Experientia 37, 1278–1279 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01948358

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