Fig. 1
From: Assessment of fungal spores and spore-like diversity in environmental samples by targeted lysis
Validation of the lysis-resistant enrichment method. Bar plots showing the DNA concentration in ng/µl from the direct DNA extraction (“Total” in blue) and after the application of the method to enrich lysis-resistant cells (“Lysis-resistant” in red) for mycelium, sexual spores, asexual spores and/or yeast stage of different fungal species. A Aspergillus niger; B Ulocladium alternata; C Coprinopsis cinerea; D Mortierella antarctica; E Candida albicans. For A, B, C, and E: Microscopic images on the right show the spores before (a) or after (b) the lysis-enrichment method prior to DNA extraction. Due to the small number of spores after the enrichment method in U. alternata and the low concentration in M. antarctica, no microscopic images could be obtained from them