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MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 113, Issue -, Pages 1046-1052Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.06.007
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Chronoamphiphilic; Contact angles; Fungal surface properties; Hydrophilic; Hydrophobicity
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Fungal surface hydrophobicity has many ecological functions and water contact angles measurement is a direct and simple approach for its characterization. The objective of this study was to evaluate if in-vitro growth conditions coupled with versatile image analysis allows for more accurate fungal contact angle measurements. Fungal cultures were grown on agar slide media and contact angles were measured utilizing a modified microscope and digital camera setup. Advanced imaging software was adopted for contact angle determination. Contact angles were observed in hydrophobic, hydrophilic and a newly created chronoamphiphilic class containing fungi taxa with changing surface hydrophobicity. Previous methods are unable to detect slight changes in hydrophobicity, which provide vital information of hydrophobicity expression patterns. Our method allows for easy and efficient characterization of hydrophobicity, minimizing disturbance to cultures and quantifying subtle variation in hydrophobicity. (C) 2009 The British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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