Colony characters were examined by inoculating the strains on the media proposed by Samson et al. [31 (link)]. Isolates were inoculated by placing 1 μL of conidia from semi-solid agar (0.2% agar + 0.05% Tween 80) in 90 mm Petri dishes with Malt Extract Agar (MEA, Merck KGaA®, Darmstadt, Germany), Oatmeal Agar (OA, Merck KGaA®, Darmstadt, Germany), Yeast Extract Sucrose Agar (YES, Merck KGaA®, Darmstadt, Germany), Creatine Sucrose Agar (CREA, Merck KGaA®, Darmstadt, Germany), Czapek Yeast Autolysate Agar (CYA, Merck KGaA®, Darmstadt, Germany), and Czapek Yeast Autolysate Agar + 5% NaCl (CYAS, Merck KGaA®, Darmstadt, Germany). Plates were incubated for seven days at 10 °C, 25 °C, 35 °C and 37 °C in darkness. The Colony features were studied following Visagie et al. 2014 [32 (link)] and Yilmaz et al. 2014. [26 (link)] Colony diameters were also measured after seven days at 25 °C and 35 °C and photographed (Nikon, camera, model FE-220/X-785), two perpendicular diameters were measured for each colony, and the average was calculated. Phenotypic characteristics, such as obverse and reverse culture appearance, colony texture, mycelium color, sporulation, exudates, and medium changes, were also recorded. The names of colors were referenced by Ridgway [33 ].
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