Spore Germination

Ecophysiology of Development: Spore Germination

Ecophysiology of Development: Spore Germination

Tissue Sap on Spore Germination

Ribonucleic acid synthesis during fungal spore germination.

Spores of several fungi were examined in an effort to understand the role of RNA in the biochemical events occurring early in germination. RNA synthesis appeared to be an essential requirement for germination in Neurospora crassa and Aspergillus nidulans but not in Alternaria solani and Peronospora tabacina. Gross changes in the relative amounts of the various molecular species of RNA were not ...

Transcriptional transitions during Dictyostelium spore germination.

Many protozoa form spores in response to adversity; therefore, spore germination is a key process in their life cycle. Dictyostelium discoideum sporulates in response to starvation following a developmental program. Germination is characterized by two visible changes, spore swelling and the emergence of amoeba from the spore capsule. Several studies have indicated that an additional process ter...