THE  INFLUENCE  OF  METABOLITE  DIFFUSIVITY
ON  THE  ORDERING  PROCESSES  IN  THE  COLONIES
OF  IMPERFECT  MYCELIUM  FUNGI

A. L. Bulyanitsa, E. Yu. Bystrova*, V. E. Kurochkin, L. K. Panina*,
E. V. Bogomolova*

Institute for Analytical Instrumentation RAS, Saint-Petersburg
*Saint-Petersburg State University, A.A. Ukhtomsky Institute of Physiology


 



   As shown earlier [1], the dissipative structure formation in the colonies of imperfect microfungi depends on the culture – produced exogenous inhibitors of growth. The paper presents a model and experimental procedure which are used to estimate one of the most important control parameters [2] defining the colony structure, namely, the diffusion coefficient of liquid metabolites. An explanation is provided for the increased nonlinear phenomena accompanying mycelium fungus colony formation at low temperatures.