Abstract
Morphological and cultural studies were made on Basidiobolus cultures isolated from human patients in Uganda and India (Wilson, 1961; Mukerji, 1963) and saprophytic strains isolated from soil, plant detritus, etc. These were compared with the Indonesian strain described by Lie-Kian-Joe, Njo-Injo Tjoei Eng, Pohan, Van Der Meulen & Emmons (1956). All strains are characterised by smooth-walled zygospores and are thus quite distinct from Basidiobolus ranarum Eidam, which has undulate to warty zygospores. The Uganda isolate and the pathogenic and saprophytic isolates from India have similar zygospore measurements 25 to 43 μ in diameter, while the Indonesian strain has slightly larger zygospores (30 to 50 μ) which might be of varietal significance. The other characters such as degree of development of aerial mycelium, conidiophores and conidia, cleavage of conidial and mycelial contents to form endospores, etc., are influenced by cultural conditions and from taxonomic point of view are not valuable. In view of ...
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