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. 1968 Jan;16(1):114–121. doi: 10.1128/am.16.1.114-121.1968

Monitored Environment System to Control Cell Growth, Morphology, and Metabolic Rate in Fungi by Oxidation-Reduction Potentials

John W Rippon 1
PMCID: PMC547326  PMID: 5636453

Abstract

A device for the adjustment, maintenance, and monitoring of a desired oxidation-reduction potential in a liquid environment is described. The filamentous species, Penicillium lilacinum and Trichophyton schoenleinii, and the dimorphic species, Histoplasma capsulatum, developed budding yeastlike cells when grown in a liquid medium with a low oxidation-reduction potential. When the organisms were inoculated into fresh medium, they returned to the filamentous condition as the oxidation-reduction potential was restored to a more positive (oxidizing) environment.

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