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Biomechanics of Invasive Hyphal Growth

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Biology of the Fungal Cell

Part of the book series: The Mycota ((MYCOTA,volume 8))

Abstract

The process of invasive hyphal growth allows fungi to acquire nutrients from diverse solid materials of biological and synthetic origin. It is a defining characteristic of the fungi and is at the root of their evolutionary origins (Bartnicki-Garcia 1987; Money 1999a). The essential cell biological processes that attend invasive growth are identical to those that operate during non-invasive hyphal extension. In both cases, polarized synthesis of new plasma membrane and cell wall advances the position of the hyphal tip, creating a cylindrical cell of increasing length. However, the mechanical challenges encountered by hyphae growing over surfaces and in broth culture are very different from those associated with invasive growth.

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  1. Department of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 45056, USA

    Nicholas P. Money

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Money, N.P. (2001). Biomechanics of Invasive Hyphal Growth. In: Howard, R.J., Gow, N.A.R. (eds) Biology of the Fungal Cell. The Mycota, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06101-5_1

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