文摘
Conidia germination includes major reorganization and fluidization of the membrane. N. crassa conidia lack ergosterol, but contain sphingolipid (SL)-enriched domains. Those domains are gel-like, melting near growth temperature for N. crassa wild type. Cell wall-less mutant (slime) unable to form hyphae has more and tighter SL domains. Slime membrane biophysical properties resemble those of unicellular S. cerevisiae.