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Woronin bodies are cytoplasmic organelles which commonly lie near the septa in ascomycetous fungi. Although these organelles were observed nearly 100 years ago, little is known about their origin and development. The present ultrastructural investigation describes the ontogeny of Woronin bodies inFusarium oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici [Sacc.] Snyd. and Hans. In this fungus, Woronin bodies are produced by microbodies. Development of the Woronin body begins with the appearance of electron dense material within the microbody. This material aggregates adjacent to the membrane of the microbody and condenses into a single paracrystalline inclusion. Following its formation, the inclusion is gradually extruded and is eventually separated from the parent organelle by an exocytotic mechanism. After the separation, the paracrystalline inclusion is found at the septal pore. Although many recent electron microscopic studies have used various terms to designate these membrane bound organelles, inFusarium these inclusions are believed to correspond to the Woronin bodies initially described by light microscopists.
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Wergin, W.P. Development of woronin bodies from microbodies inFusarium oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici . Protoplasma 76, 249–260 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01280701
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