Physiological and Biochemical Adjustment of Fungi to Their Environment

Candida albicans Ultrastructure: Colonization and Invasion of Oral Epithelium

“…There are few reports on the mechanism of fungal invasion of animal cells, and the evidence supports the role of both hydrolytic enzyme activity (31,32,39) and mechanical force (10) in the invasion of host tissues by fungal pathogens. Pugh and Cawson (31), studying the invasion of chicken chorioallantoic membrane by C. albicans, have suggested that phospholipase A may participate in this process, but whether this or other hydrolytic enzymes play a part in invasion of the superficial cells of skin and oral mucosa has not been established.…”

Autolyse bei Pilzen I. Autolyse bei Coprinus und in Pilzkulturen

“…Nur in den Hyphenspitzen konnte Plasma festgestellt werden, die anschlieaenden Zellen waren plasniaarrii (PRATT 1924). Die im Verlauf der Alterungsphase zunehniende Vakuolisierung, bei der Cytoplasma aus alteren Hyphenteilen in jiingere stromt (UOZUMI et al 1965, WAID 1968, ITEN 1969, ROBINSON 1969 und eine zunehmende Dehydratisierung des Cytoplasmas alterer Zellen vor sich gehen sol1 (PARK u. ROBIN-SON 1967), wird oft als Anfangsschritt der Autolyse bezeichnet (CAMICI et al 1952).…”

Fungi in Ecosystems

“…Waid (1960Waid ( , 1968 has discussed the potential importance of heterocaryosis in soil fungi where the kind of variation it allows might enable a sequential change of behaviour to take place as a particular substrate became changed during decomposition. As a result they may have a genetic plasticity which may enable them to vary with different external situations and achieve locally a greater degree of present fitness to habitat.…”