Table 1. Size and aspect ratio of spore particles.
A. fumigatus | A. versicolor | P. chrysogenum | ||||||||||||||||
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S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | |
N | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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Length | 2.68 | 4.77 | 6.42 | 6.83 | 8.55 | 12.26 | 2.97 | 5.87 | 8.00 | 10.61 | 12.51 | 15.04 | 2.41 | 4.32 | 6.77 | 8.88 | 11.45 | 12.28 |
Width | 2.25 | 2.61 | 3.20 | 3.64 | 3.65 | 4.26 | 2.53 | 2.66 | 3.20 | 3.65 | 3.75 | 4.25 | 2.02 | 2.07 | 2.22 | 2.78 | 2.88 | 3.34 |
Aspect ratio | 1.20 | 1.83 | 2.05 | 1.97 | 2.45 | 3.14 | 1.18 | 2.22 | 2.57 | 3.10 | 3.70 | 3.88 | 1.21 | 2.16 | 3.11 | 3.45 | 4.19 | 4.16 |
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Length | 0.27 | 0.61 | 1.61 | 1.15 | 1.03 | 2.48 | 0.26 | 0.78 | 1.15 | 1.82 | 2.30 | 3.17 | 0.28 | 0.48 | 1.10 | 2.03 | 1.93 | 2.11 |
Width | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.46 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 1.08 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.50 | 0.97 | 1.09 | 1.10 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.62 | 0.74 | 1.13 |
Aspect ratio | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.58 | 1.26 | 0.20 | 0.34 | 0.56 | 0.94 | 1.44 | 1.63 | 0.20 | 0.46 | 0.63 | 1.33 | 1.04 | 1.63 |
AM: Arithmetic mean; SD: standard deviation; length and width in μm.
S1: Single spores; aggregates of 2 (S2), 3 (S3), 4 (S4), 5 (S5) and 6 (S6) spores