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THE growth requirements of a number of brown-root and white-root disease fungi have already been studied. It is generally recognized that the majority of the Hymenomycetes are partially or totally deficient in thiamine (aneurin, vitamin B1)1.
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RIGGENBACH, A. Fomes lignosus, a Pyrimidine-deficient Fungus. Nature 180, 43–44 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180043b0
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