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IN 1958 Owens et al.1, in reporting on the chemical composition of conidia of Neurospora sitophila, indicated a high percentage of lipids in which the most prevalent types were the phospholipids. The high lipid content of the conidia suggests that it may be a source of energy either in the ungerminated conidium or during germination, but the fact that these lipids are primarily phospholipids contests this hypothesis. Our investigation of the lipid content of conidia before and during germination was undertaken as part of a study of the biology of reproduction in Neurospora.
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BIANCHI, D., TURIAN, G. Lipid Content of Conidia of Neurospora crassa. Nature 214, 1344–1345 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141344a0
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