Mikrobiol. Z. 2015; 77(5):37-46. Ukrainian.
doi: https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj77.05.037

Growth of Micromycetes from Different Ecological Niches on Agar Nutrient Media

Kurchenko I.M., Yurieva E.M., Voychuk S.I.

Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, NAS of Ukraine
154 Akad. Zabolotny Str., Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine

Radial growth rate of (Kr) 153 strains 6 species of micromycetes from different ecological niches was studied on 7 agar media: three standard (malt extract agar, potato-dextrose agar, Czapek’s agar), and on agar media with plant polymers (carboxymethylcellulose, xylan, soluble starch and apple pectin). Endophytic and plant pathogenic strains (biotrophs) of all studied species did not differ significantly in their ability to grow on nutrient media of different composition - average values of Kr for these two groups were the same (0.200 and 0.199 mm/h, respectively). Soil micromycetes (saprophytes) characterized by the lowest average growth rate (0.169 mm/h) and significantly differed from the endophytic and plant pathogenic ones. Average of the radial growth rates of studied microscopic fungi were higher on standard nutrient media than with plant polymers ones. Growth parameters of endophytes and plant pathogens of all studied species on various agar media differed from the soil strains. High growth rate of endophytic and plant pathogenic strains of Fusarium poae, Alternaria alternata and Ceratocystis sp. provides them the rapid colonization of plants. Penicillium funiculosum strains equally can exist as saprophytes in soil and as endophytic plant symbionts. A wide range of Kr variation of endophytic dark pigmented Mycelia sterilia indicates the presence in this group of different species of micromycetes, which have no sporulation.

Key words: radial growth rate, micromycetes, endophytes, plant pathogens, saprophytes.

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