A 3D Printed Device for Easy and Reliable Quantification of Fungal Chemotropic Growth.

ABSTRACT: Chemical gradients are surrounding living organisms in all habitats of life. Microorganisms, plants and animals have developed specific mechanisms to sense such gradients. Upon perception, chemical gradients can be categorized either as favorable, like nutrients or hormones, or as disadvantageous, resulting in a clear orientation toward the gradient and avoiding strategies, respectively. Being sessile organisms, fungi use chemical gradients for their orientation in the environment. Integration of this data enables them to successfully explore nutrient sources, identify probable plant or animal hosts, and to communicate during sexual reproduction or early colony development. We have developed a 3D printed device allowing a highly standardized, rapid and low-cost investigation of chemotropic

SUBMITTER: Schunke C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7669831 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature