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Product Format
frozen
Storage Conditions
Frozen: -80°C or colder Freeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°C Live Culture: See Propagation Section
Type Strain
yes
Preceptrol®
no
Comments
Nematode trapping
Morphology
Colonies are spreading, sparse, whitish to pale pink; reverse whitish. Hyphae are hyaline, septate, branched. Conidia are obovoidal to ellipsoidal, 25-50 x 10-15 μm. Chlamydospores are abundant.
Medium
ATCC® Medium 336: Potato dextrose agar (PDA)
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
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Liou GY, Tzean SS. Phylogeny of the genus Arthrobotrys and allied nematode-trapping fungi based on rDNA sequences. Mycologia 89: 876-884, 1997.
van Oorschot CA. Taxonomy of the Dactylaria complex, V. A review of Arthrobotrys and allied genera. Stud. Mycol. 26: 61-96, 1985.
Duddington CL. A new predacious species of Trichothecium. Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 32: 284-287, 1949.
