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Cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium were examined for the presence
of bacteria as previously described (F. Seigle-Murandi, P. Guiraud, C
. Falsen, and K.-E. Eriksson, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:2477-2481,
1996), Under no conditions could bacteria be isolated from cultures of
P. chrysosporium. With PCR primers corresponding to small-subunit rRN
A genes, no bacterium-like product could be amplified from cultures of
the widely used P. chrysosporium strain BKM-F-1767. Thus, we could fi
nd no evidence of bacteria in association with P, chrysosporium BKM-F-
1767.