August 2011

Alternaria jacinthicola, a new fungal species causing blight leaf disease on water hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach]

IWater hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) causes environmental, agricultural and health problems in Mali. This is particularly severe in the District of Bamako and the irrigation systems of the “Office du Niger” area. During two years survey for fungal pathogens of water hyacinth infested areas, isolate Mlb684 was collected from diseased plant. This fungal isolate was identified as a potential mycoherbicide for...

Author(s): Karim Dagno, Julien Crovadore, François Lefort, Rachid Lahlali, LudivineLassoisand M. Haïssam Jijakli

August 2011

Imaging flow cytometric analysis of Schizosaccharomyces pombe morphology

The morphology of Schizosaccharomyces pombe can be rapidly monitored in asynchronous, G2-rich populations using imaging flow cytometry (IFC). Cell morphology was analyzed in terms of length and aspect ratio before and after exposure to several toxins. The toxins target the DNA (hydroxyurea and phleomycin) or cytoskeletal elements (thiabendazole, carbendazim and latrunculin A) and exert well-characterized...

Author(s): Radha Pyati, Lindsay L. Elvir, C. Erica Charles, Umawattee Seenath, and Tom D. Wolkow