title: [The definition of the term "mold"].
abstract: The term "moulds" refers to an ecological category, not to a taxonomic or morphological one. Moulds can be characterized by 1. ruderal life strategy, 2. filamentous growth form, 3. fast growth, 4. high sporulation capacity, 5. predominantly vegetative reproduction, 6. parasexual cycle, 7. sensitivity to soil fungistasis, 8. ubiquitous occurrence, 9. cosmopolitan distribution, 10. production of a rich spectrum of metabolites (including diversified secondary metabolites, in contrast to yeasts) released into substrates resp. media. These properties qualify the moulds and antagonists of man, but also as particularly useful tools of general and industrial microbiology.
authors.affiliation: Sektion Biologie der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, DDR.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kreisel
mesh_terms: D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D013172:Spores, Fungal; D009626:Terminology as Topic
vernacular_title: Zur Bestimmung des Begriffs "Schimmelpilze".