FIGURE 1.

sakA and mpkC deletion show opposing effects on conidiation but both genes are needed for normal conidiation. (A) Asexual spores (1 × 10⁴) from strains CLK43 (WT), CFL10 (ΔmpkC), TOL1 (ΔsakA) and CFL12 (ΔmpkC ΔsakA) were inoculated on supplemented MM plates and incubated at 37°C during 5 days. (B) Total conidiospores per colony were harvested, counted, and the count divided by the colony area to obtain the number of conidiospores per square centimeter. Bars indicate standard deviation from three independent experiments. A representative experiment is shown. The white squares in panel (A) indicate the colony regions enlarged at the bottom of the figure. See Supplementary Table S1 for strain full genotypes.