Authors

Gerald L. Benny, University of Florida, Gainesville

Methods Used by Dr. R. K. Benjamin, and Other Mycologists, to Isolate Zygomycetes

DOI

10.5642/aliso.20082601.08

First Page

37

Last Page

61

Abstract

The methods that Dr. Richard K. Benjamin used to isolate Zygomycetes are discussed. These processes involved the following five steps: (1) collection, (2) plating, (3) isolation, (4) culture, and (5) maintenance. Additional methods, materials, and modifications used to isolate Zygomycetes are summarized. The author considers the flattening of the aerial hyphae onto the substrate of the faster- and higher-growing Mucorales for several consecutive days to be the critical step in isolating species of Coemansia, Piptocephalis, Syncephalis, and Dimargaritales. The methods used by other scholars to isolate, culture, and study many taxa in Zygomycetes also are discussed.

Recommended Citation

Benny, Gerald L. (2008) "Methods Used by Dr. R. K. Benjamin, and Other Mycologists, to Isolate Zygomycetes," Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany: Vol. 26: Iss. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso/vol26/iss1/8