Christina M Kelliher1, Jennifer J Loros2, Jay C Dunlap3. 1. Department of Molecular & Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA. 2. Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA. 3. Department of Molecular & Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA. Electronic address: jay.c.dunlap@dartmouth.edu.
Abstract
Work on the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa has contributed to or pioneered many aspects of research on circadian clock mechanism, a process that is functionally conserved across eukaryotes. Biochemical assays of the fungal circadian clock typically involve growth in liquid medium where Neurospora forms a spherical ball of submerged mycelium. Here, we revive a method for dispersed growth of Neurospora in batch culture using polyacrylic acid as an additive to the medium. We demonstrate that dispersed growth cultures utilize more carbon than mycelial balls, but nonetheless retain a functional circadian clock. This culturing method is suited for use in circadian experiments where uniform exposure to nutrients and/or increased biomass is required.
Work on the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa has contributed to or pioneered many aspects of research on circadian pan class="Gene">clock mechanism, a process that is functionally conserved across eukaryotes. Biochemical assays of the fungal circadian clock typically involve growth in liquid medium where Neurospora forms a spherical ball of submerged mycelium. Here, we revive a method for dispersed growth of Neurospora in batch culture using polyacrylic acid as an additive to the medium. We demonstrate that dispersed growth cultures utilize more carbon than mycelial balls, but nonetheless retain a functional circadian clock. This culturing method is suited for use in circadian experiments where uniform exposure to nutrients and/or increased biomass is required.
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