Potato Tubers as a Culture Medium For Phytopathogenic Bacteria and Fungi

Authors

W. H. Davis, Massachusetts State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Tubers of the Irish potato were early recognized as a suitable medium for artificial culture of various organisms. Bacteriologists were first to use slices of tubers for culturing bacteria. Similarly, De Bary, the father of mycology, and Brefeld, the father of myceticulture, used both cooked and raw tubers as a substrate for culturing fungi. Later, Hallier observed that some fungi grew better on a medium containing both starch and sugar than on one containing starch alone. So, after his observations, the abundant starch content of the potato tuber was augmented by different sugars whenever occasion demanded it.

Publication Date

1933

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

40

Issue

1

First Page

57

Last Page

65

Copyright

©1933 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Davis, W. H. (1933) "Potato Tubers as a Culture Medium For Phytopathogenic Bacteria and Fungi," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 40(1), 57-65.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol40/iss1/8