Drosera rotundifolia L. vitroculture associated with a saprophyte fungus

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Article Title:	Drosera rotundifolia L. vitroculture associated with a saprophyte fungus
Authors:	Dorina Cachiţă-Cosma, Violeta Turcuş, Adriana Petruş-Vancea, Lucian Barbutudoran, Constantin Crăciun
Affiliation:	1 “Vasile Goldiş” Western University, Arad 2 University of Oradea 3 Electron Microscopy Center, “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca
Abstract:	In coculture studies there is an interest in the relationships between phytoinoculs and fungi or bacteria. Apart from the manifestations described by parasitism, a particular importance – both theoretical and practical – is given to the symbiosis and saprophytism relations. Spontaneous infections are detrimental, while artificially produced cocultures represent modern study subjects. The phenomenon of coculture, produced spontaneously in the Drosera vitrocultures that we conceived, with a black-grey coloured fungus (which we have not been able to identify yet), led to the formation in the vicinity of the Drosera minirosettes colony, of an fungus with a crateriform body fruiting, of larger size than the actual Drosera culture. This phenomenon, quite spectacular from a biological point of view, is to be studied in various experimental conditions. We should mention that the culture media was favourable to the phytoinoculs (basis, Murashige – Skoog, 1962), being devoid of growth regulators.
Keywords:	Drosera rotundifolia L., carnivorous plants, coculture, fungus
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*Correspondence:	Violeta Turcuș, „Vasile Goldis” Western University, Arad, Department of Plant Biology, email: violeta.turcus@gmail.com