Claim · model-written summary
Both Ustilago types grew rapidly after karyogamy and aggregated between host cells.
- Taxon
- U. esculenta
Ustilago esculentae0 - Material
- T- and MT-type U. esculentae0
- Outcome
- rapid growth after karyogamy and aggregate between cellse0
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Verbatim
e0“mycelia of T- and MT-type U. esculenta exhibit rapid growth after karyogamy and aggregate between cells”
Title
Diploid mycelia of Ustilago esculenta fails to maintain sustainable proliferation in host plant
Shiyu Li; Mengfei Yang; Tongfu Yao; et al. Frontiers in Microbiology 2023. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1199907
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation T-type Ustilago formed teliospores after aggregation.
- Observation MT-type aggregated mycelia disappeared after brief mass proliferation.
- Mechanism Glucose or sucrose shortage was suggested as a possible cause of MT-type disappearance.
- Observation Overwintered infected Zizania plants no longer contained diploid mycelia.
- Observation The authors inferred that diploid mycelia failed to survive in host tissue.
- Mechanism The authors suggested diploid mycelia serve only to generate teliospores.
- Observation MT-type Ustilago retained normal karyogamy despite asexual life in plant tissue.