Nature 197, 618 - 619 (09 February 1963); doi:10.1038/197618b0

Fine Structure of Pythium de baryanum Hesse and its Probable Significance

LILIAN E. HAWKER

Department of Botany, University of Bristol.

ELECTRON micrographs of young hyphæ of Pythium de baryanum reveal some striking differences from young hyphæ of other fungi, for example, Rhizopus spp.¹, Neurospora crassa ², and vegetative cells of yeasts³.

1. Hawker, L. E. , and Abbott, P. McV. , J. Gen. Microbiol. (in the press).
2. Shatkin, A. J. , and Tatum, E. L. , J. Biophys. Biochem. Cytol., 6, 423 (1959). | PubMed | ISI | ChemPort |
3. Thyagarajan, T. R. , Conti, S. F. , and Naylor, H. B. , Exp. Cell. Res., 25, 216 (1961).
4. Manton, I. , in Some Problems of Mitochondrial Growth, edit. by McLeod and Cotley (Edinburgh 1961).
5. Manton, I. , J. Biophys. Biochem. Cytol., 8, 221 (1960).
6. Whaley, W. G. , Mollenhauer, H. H. , and Leech, J. H. , J. Biophys. Biochem. Cytol., 8, 233 (1960).
7. Blondel, B. , and Turian, G. , J. Biophys. Biochem. Cytol., 7, 127 (1960).
8. Cantino, E. C. , Quart. Rev. Biol., 25, 269 (1950); 30, 138 (1955).
9. Sparrow, F. K. , Mycologia, 50, 797 (1958).