title: Formation, Fusion, and Regeneration of Protoplasts from Wild-Type and Auxotrophic Strains of the White Rot Basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
abstract: A preparation of two commercial enzymes was used to liberate protoplasts from 16-h-old mycelium of Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Regeneration frequencies of up to 5% were attained when the protoplasts were plated in a medium containing 10% sorbose and 3% agar. Fusion of protoplasts from different auxotrophic strains in polyethylene glycol-Ca produced heterokaryons. Separation of the heterokaryons into their constituent homokaryotic strains could be effected through protoplast release and formation of colonies on regeneration agar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemical Sciences, Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, Oregon 97006.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alic