Conidiation

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is orphaned as few or no other articles link to it. Please help introduce links in articles on related topics. (July 2006)

Conidiation is a biological process in which filamentous fungi asexually form spores. Rhythmic conidiation is the most obvious output of fungal circadian rhythms. Neurospora species are most often used to study this rhythmic conidiation.

[edit] References

Patricia L. Lakin-Thomas and Stuart Brody, Circadian Rhythms in Microorganisms: New Complexities, Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 2004. 58:489–519 doi: 10.1146/annurev.micro.58.030603.123744, Copyright 2004 by Annual Reviews.

[edit] See also

• Conidium