Physiological and Morphological Correlation of Rhizopus stolonifer Spore Germination

Authors

James L. Van Etten, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Lee Bulla Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Grant St. Julian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2-1974

Comments

Published in JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, Feb. 1974, p. 882-887, Vol. 117. No. 2.

Abstract

Sporangiospores of Rhizopus stolonifer were examined at various stages of germination by scanning electron and phase-contrast microscopy. These observations were correlated with changes in spore dry weight, spore volume, respiration, and syntheses of ribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid, and protein during germination.