Abstract
Three temperature-sensitive morphological mutants of Wangiella dermatitidis were isolated and characterized. The mutants grew in the yeastlike morphology at the permissive temperature (25 degrees C) but expressed a multicellular (Mc) phenotype at the restrictive temperature (37 degrees C). Cultures of Mc 2 and 3 incubated at the restrictive temperature showed rapid reductions in the percentage of budded cells in the population. In contrast, budding continued for several generations in cultures of Mc 1. Incubation of cultures of Mc 2 and 3 at the restrictive temperature for 48 h resulted in nearly total conversion of yeastlike cells to the multicellular form; about 50% of the cells of Mc 1 had converted to multicellular forms after 48 h at the restrictive temperature. Studies using radiolabeled compounds documented that DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis continued at the restrictive temperature. The results suggest that multicellularity is the result of inhibition of bud emergence and cell separation without inhibition of growth nuclear division, and cytokinesis.
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