Figure 2

Germination of Aspergillus conidia in dependence of environmental pH and nutrient availability. (A,B) Effect of medium pH on germination of A. fumigatus (A) and A. terreus (B). (C,D) Germination of A. fumigatus (C) and A. terreus (D) conidia in dependence on nutrient availability. RPMI/glucose medium was serially diluted and growth was monitored as increase in optical density at 600 nm (OD600) using a microplate reader. Growth curves in (A–D) result from two independent experiments each containing three technical replicates.