Volume : 3 Issue : 4
Stress Induced Microcycle Conidiation in Fungi
Mohammad Salim
ABSTRACT
Microcycle conidiation (MC) is a kind of survival mechanism in fungi reproducing asexually to produce a lot of spores in stress to withstand themselves unfavorably. In MC, new conidia are often formed on conidiophores from the parent conidia with the arrest of a mycelial phase. The conidia thus produced are synchronous in nature. The present review is an attempt to discuss the same phenomenon in certain fungi with their biological significance, practical applications and future research trajectories in the light of recent researches in the field of applied mycology and medical microbiology.
