Figure 3. Phenotypic characterization on different media. The wild-type (WT), Mratg8Δ and complemented mutant (Comp, Mratg8Δ complemented with the MrATG8 gene) strains sporulated uniformly on a complete medium (CM) while in contrast to the WT and Comp, Mratg8Δ failed to produce conidia either on a nutrient-poor minimum medium (MM) or a nutrient-rich potato dextrose agar (PDA), indicating the loss of ability to form conidiophores.