Fig. 5.

Inter-specific CAT fusion in C. gloeosporioides and C. siamense is mediated through quorum sensing phenomena. a Percentage CAT fusion in young (6 days) and old (17 days) conidia in water, PDB, CAT medium supernatant, PDB + CAT medium supernatant and PDB + water. b Percentage CAT fusion in 17 days old conidia in water, CAT medium supernatant, chloroform treated CAT medium supernatant, proteinase K treated CAT medium supernatant, water re-extract of chloroform treated CAT medium supernatant, PDB + water, PDB+ chloroform treated CAT medium supernatant, PDB + proteinase K treated CAT medium supernatant, PDB + water re-extract of chloroform treated CAT medium supernatant. Water was originally used to generate the CAT medium supernatant. Average from 3 replicates (n = 3) and 150 conidial pairs were counted per replicate. Bar indicates standard deviation. Statistical significance of differences was analyzed by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparison post-hoc test (bars with the same letter are not significantly different; p ≤ 0.05). Scale Bar = 20 μm