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Tolypocladium cylindrosporum (Deuteromycotina: Moniliales), a fungal pathogen of the mosquito Aedes australis

I. Influence of temperature, pH and salinity on the growth and sporulation of the fungus in the laboratory

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The New Zealand strain of Tolypocladium cylindrosporum was cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar medium under varying regimes of growth conditions. The isolate exhibited good tolerances to temperature (4–35 °C), pH (3–10) and salinity (0–7% NaCl). Optimal vegetative growth and sporulation were recorded between a temperature range of 20–30° C, pH of 5–6 and a salinity level of 0–2% NaCl. The North American isolate of the fungus showed similar tolerances, while the European isolate was less tolerant.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    J. M. Gardner & J. S. Pillai

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Gardner, J.M., Pillai, J.S. Tolypocladium cylindrosporum (Deuteromycotina: Moniliales), a fungal pathogen of the mosquito Aedes australis . Mycopathologia 96, 87–90 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436665

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