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Endoconidium formation inGeotrichum candidum

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Endoconidium formation was observed in five strains ofGeotrihum candidum. As a vegetative hyphal cell was vacated, an adjacent cell proliferated into it, forming an endoconidium. This type of endoconidium formation resembles holoarthric conidogenesis.

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  1. Faculty of Agriculture, Tamagawa University, Tamagawagakuen 6-1-1, Machida-shi, 194, Tokyo, Japan

    Kyoko Watanabe & Yoji Doi

  2. College of Pharmacy, Nihon University, Narashinodai 7-7-1, Funabashi-shi, 274, Chiba, Japan

    Keisuke Tubaki

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  1. Kyoko Watanabe
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Watanabe, K., Doi, Y. & Tubaki, K. Endoconidium formation inGeotrichum candidum . Mycoscience 35, 417–420 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02268516

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