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 Chapter 10 Vitamin Requirements of Fungi 323 



1. Problems of Method 324 



2. The Nature of Vitamin Requirements 325 



3. The Metabolism of Vitamins 328 



4. Fungi in the Bioassay of Vitamins 328 



5. Thiamine 329 



6. Biotin 333 



7. Pyridoxine 335 



8. Riboflavin 336 



9. Nicotinic Acid 337 



10. Inositol 339 



11. Para-aminobenzoic Acid 340 



12. Pantothenic Acid 341 



13. Pteroylglutamic Acid 342 



14. The Vitamins B^ 343 



15. Vitamins K 344 



16. Other Growth Factors 344 



17. The Occurrence of Vitamin Deficiencies in the Fungi 345 



18. Vitamins, Taxonomy, and Ecology 346 

 Bibliography 347 



// Reproduction 356 



1. Light 357 



2. Temperature 362 



3. Water Relations 364 



4. Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Volatile Substances 365 



5. Acidity 366 



6. Carbon Nutrition 367 



7. Nitrogen Nutrition 369 



8. Mineral Nutrition 370 



9. Vitamins and Unidentified Factors 371 



10. Specific Reproductive Hormones 373 



11. Metabolism and Reproduction 375 



12. The Sporulation of Plant Pathogens 377 



13. Conclusions 378 

 Bibliography 380 



12 Spore Germination 387 



1. Measurement 388 



2. The Germination Process 389 



3. Spore Metabolism 392 



4. Maturation and Dormancy 395 



5. Spore Longevity 398 



