Table 4.
Morphological characteristics of conidia of the fungal isolates included in this study.
| Isolate | Conidia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length × Width (µm) 1 | Length/Width 2 | Morphology | Colour | |
| MZC-1 | (3.9-) 6.1 (−8.8) × (2.6-) 4.2 (−6.7) | 1.51 ± 0.05 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline |
| MZC-2 | (7.0-) 8.6 (−10.1) × (5.6-) 7.2 (−8.8) | 1.20 ± 0.02 | Aseptate, small, rounded to ovoid, thick wall, pointed ends | Hyaline |
| MZC-4 | (2.6-) 3.6 (−5.9) × (2.1-) 2.6 (−3.1) | 1.38 ± 0.06 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline |
| MZC-5 | (4.3-) 5.4 (−6.5) × (4.0-) 4.9 (−5.6) | 1.13 ± 0.03 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline |
| MZC-8 | (2.7-) 3.5 (−4.2) × (2.4-) 3.0 (−3.5) | 1.17 ± 0.04 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline |
| MZC-9 | (7.1-) 8.7 (−10.3) × (4.5-) 6.7 (−8.2) | 1.32 ± 0.03 | Aseptate, small, rounded to ovoid, thick wall, pointed ends | Hyaline |
| MZC-10 | (2.7-) 3.3 (−4.2) × (2.2-) 2.6 (−3.7) | 1.17 ± 0.03 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline |
| MZC-11 | (2.5-) 3.3 (−4.1) × (2.2-) 2.8 (−3.4) | 1.20 ± 0.03 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline |
| MZC-14 | (2.8-) 3.9 (−4.9) × (3.1-) 3.8 (−5.4) | 1.05 ± 0.03 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline, dark grey cell centre |
| MZC-16 | (4.3-) 5.3 (−6.7) × (2.7-) 3.7 (−4.6) | 1.47 ± 0.03 | Aseptate, small, ovoid, thick double wall, one rounded end, and other truncate | Hyaline |
| MZC-17 | (2.7-) 3.6 (−5.3) × (2.4-) 3.3 (−4.0) | 1.09 ± 0.02 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline |
| MZC-18 | (3.3-) 3.7 (−4.2) × (3.3-) 3.7 (−4.3) | 1.00 ± 0.02 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline, dark grey cell centre |
| MZC-19 3 | (2.4-) 4.0 (−8.2) × (1.3-) 2.0 (−2.5) | 2.11 ± 0.14 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline |
| MZC-20 | (2.6-) 3.4 (−4.9) × (2.8-) 3.4 (−4.5) | 1.00 ± 0.02 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline |
| MZC-21 | (1.8-) 2.2 (−2.5) × (1.9-) 2.2 (−2.5) | 1.00 ± 0.02 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded | Hyaline |
| MZC-23 | (3.6-) 4.6 (−6.7) × (2.5-) 3.9 (−5.7) | 1.22 ± 0.04 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded to ovoid | Hyaline |
| MZC-24 | (2.8-) 3.4 (−4.3) × (2.5-) 3.1 (−3.8) | 1.08 ± 0.03 | Aseptate, abundant, small, rounded | Hyaline |
1 Mean and range values: length × width (µm). The extremes of the conidial measurements are shown inside parenthesis. Values represent the mean of 30 conidia. 2 Conidia length/width ratio. Values represent the mean of 30 conidia ± error standard of the mean. 3 Yeast isolate grown on NA for 7 days at 25 ± 2 °C under continuous fluorescent light (350 μmol m–2 s–1).