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Abstract
SUMMARY: Studies of the transport of inorganic ions by fungi have lagged behind those of most other groups of organisms. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is the exception to this statement, most attention has been focused on cation transport: absorption of PO4 3− and SO4 2− has been examined, but the organism ‘behaves as though impermeable to Cl−’ (Rothstein, 1965; of. Conway & Downey, 1950). However, during K+ uptake by the mycelial ascomycete Neocosmospora vasinfecta net Cl− absorption also takes place, though not at the same rate (Budd, 1969a). This report confirms the absorption of Cl− in this organism and describes the effect of extracellular glucose on this process.
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© Society for General Microbiology 1971