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LITTLE is known about the ascospore composition of the Ascomycetes, partly because of the difficulty of obtaining a massive production of such cells. During an investigation of the nutritional requirements of a strain of Aspergillus nidulans obtained from the Botany School Collection, Cambridge, observations were made that led to the recent development in this laboratory of a method for obtaining satisfactory yields of ascospores without interference from the conidiospores. This fact has enabled fractionation studies on A. nidulans ascospores to be undertaken, as well as other biochemical investigations which are now in progress.
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ACHA, I., VILLANUEVA, J. A Selective Medium for the Formation of Ascospores by Aspergillus nidulans . Nature 189, 328 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189328b0
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