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Some antibiotics and synthetic inhibitors affect, in several ways, the life cycle ofNeurospora crassa (germination of conidia → myceliar growth → formation of conidia). Bikaverin, cyanein, scopathrioin and phenethyl alcohol retard the germination of conidia, without inhibiting it completely. 5-Fluorouracil, ramihyphin A and zygosporin A (cytoohalasin D) do not inhibit the germination. Bikaverin brings about a thickening of the hyphae of growing mycelium. Ramihyphin A, cyanein, scopathricin and zygosporin A stimulate the ramification of hyphae while 5-fluorouracil and phenethyl alcohol do not affect the myceliar morphology apart from their inhibitory effect on growth. Actinomycin D, 5-fluorouracil, cycloheximide, ramihyphin A and partially also sodium iodoacetate inhibit to a different degree the photoinduced formation of conidia. The inhibition by 5-fluorouracil is very conspicuous when the agent is present during the photoinduction but considerably weaker when it is applied 2 h after the photoinduction.
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Betina, V., Janstová, D. & Spisiaková, J. Effects of antibiotics on the life cycle ofNeurospora crassa . Folia Microbiol 20, 340–345 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02878116
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