TABLE 2.

Fruiting body development of an Mx_3320-deficient mutant

Medium	Aggregationa	Sporulationb
TPM agar	+	+
CF agar	−	d
CF agar lacking casitone	−	d
CF agar lacking (NH4)2SO4	−	d
CF agar lacking pyruvate	−	d
CF agar lacking citrate	−	d
TPM agar + (NH4)Cl	−	d
TPM agar + (NH4)2SO4	−	d
TPM agarose	−	d

^a+, fruiting bodies similar to those of DK1622 in Fig. 1; −, aggregates of abnormal shape, similar to those of DK1622::pLOJ3320.

^b+, sporulation frequency and time like DK 1622 (see text); d, abnormal spore number or distribution (see text).