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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 580-584 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Mycological Research |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 1997 |
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Isolation and environmental study of ‘wild’ Serpula lacrymans and Serpula himantioides from the Himalayan forests. / White, Nia A.; Low, Gordon A.; Singh, Jagjit; Staines, Harry J.; Palfreyman, John W.
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T1 - Isolation and environmental study of ‘wild’ Serpula lacrymans and Serpula himantioides from the Himalayan forests
AU - White, Nia A.
AU - Low, Gordon A.
AU - Singh, Jagjit
AU - Staines, Harry J.
AU - Palfreyman, John W.
PY - 1997/5
Y1 - 1997/5
N2 - We report the first successful culturing and confirmation of identity (via sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, SDS–PAGE) of Serpula lacrymans (the dry rot fungus) derived from basidiomes and mycelia growing in the ‘wild’. The fungus was found growing on well decayed coniferous wood within the Narkanda region of the Western Himalayas at between 2800 and 3100 m above sea level (a.s.l.). The ‘wild’ habitat of the fungus is described, as is the isolation of Serpula himantioides also found in these regions. Temperature, osmotic potential, initial pH and air-current influenced the average colony extension rate of ‘wild’ and a selection of building isolates on 2% malt extract agar. The ‘wild’ and building isolates behaved as two separate cohorts; the ‘wild’ isolates appeared to be less affected by extremes of temperature, whereas building isolates extended more rapidly at the moderate microenvironmental regimes.
AB - We report the first successful culturing and confirmation of identity (via sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, SDS–PAGE) of Serpula lacrymans (the dry rot fungus) derived from basidiomes and mycelia growing in the ‘wild’. The fungus was found growing on well decayed coniferous wood within the Narkanda region of the Western Himalayas at between 2800 and 3100 m above sea level (a.s.l.). The ‘wild’ habitat of the fungus is described, as is the isolation of Serpula himantioides also found in these regions. Temperature, osmotic potential, initial pH and air-current influenced the average colony extension rate of ‘wild’ and a selection of building isolates on 2% malt extract agar. The ‘wild’ and building isolates behaved as two separate cohorts; the ‘wild’ isolates appeared to be less affected by extremes of temperature, whereas building isolates extended more rapidly at the moderate microenvironmental regimes.
U2 - 10.1017/S0953756296003000
DO - 10.1017/S0953756296003000
M3 - Article
VL - 101
SP - 580
EP - 584
JO - Mycological Research
JF - Mycological Research
SN - 0953-7562
IS - 5
ER -