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. 1966 Oct;92(4):1236–1244. doi: 10.1128/jb.92.4.1236-1244.1966

Control of Dimorphism in Mucor rouxii

C W Haidle a,1, R Storck a,2
PMCID: PMC276399  PMID: 4288798

Abstract

Haidle, C. W. (The University of Texas, Austin), and R. Storck. Control of dimorphism in Mucor rouxii. J. Bacteriol. 92:1236–1244. 1966.—Yeastlike cells of Mucor rouxii NRRL 1894 were converted to filaments in a medium containing glucose, mineral salts, casein hydrolysate, nicotinic acid, and thiamine when the gas phase was changed from CO2-N2 or N2 alone to air. Germ tubes began to appear 3 to 4 hr after exposure to air. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) precursors were incorporated into RNA in a discontinuous fashion during this conversion, but the incorporation was continuous during the anaerobic growth of yeastlike cells and during the aerobic germination of sporangiospores. The incorporation of labeled amino acids during the conversion was exponential. Labeling of ribosomal RNA occurred as shortly as 5 min after replacement of CO2-N2 with air. However, P32-labeled RNA isolated 20 min after exposure to air had a guanine plus cytosine (GC) content of 41% (mole%) as compared with the 47% found for labeled and unlabeled RNA isolated at other stages of the life cycle of this organism or later during the conversion. In addition, the overall base composition of this 20-min pulse-labeled RNA resembled that of deoxyribonucleic acid (GC = 39%), suggesting that a significant proportion of this RNA is of the messenger type. Furthermore, the synthesis of cytochrome oxidase was induced upon exposure of yeastlike cells to air. Cyanide, acriflavine, and cycloheximide, which inhibited the action or synthesis of cytochrome oxidase, also inhibited the yeast to filament transition.

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