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. 1976 Jul;127(1):135-40.
doi: 10.1128/jb.127.1.135-140.1976.

Isolation and identification of the conidial germination factor of Neurospora crassa

N H Horowitz, G Charlang, G Horn, N P Williams

Isolation and identification of the conidial germination factor of Neurospora crassa

N H Horowitz et al. J Bacteriol. 1976 Jul.

Abstract

The germination-essential substance (germination factor [GF]) that is lost from conidia of Neurospora crassa on exposure to solutions of low water activity has been isolated and identified as a group of iron-transport compounds, or siderochromes. The principal siderochrome of conidia is ferricrocin, a cyclic hexapeptide. A closely related substance, ferrichrome C, is tentatively identified as a minor constituent. The same substances are also present in extracts of mycelium along with small amounts of a third siderochrome, which has not been identified. The GF activity of culture filtrates is due to coprogen, the only siderochrome previously identified with N. crassa.

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