State the specific uses and advantages of slide culture
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Slide Culture Technique for Fungi Slide culture method is a rapid method of preparing fungal colonies for examination and identification. This method permits the fungi to be studied virtually insitu with as little disturbance as possible.
It is a rapid method of preparing fungal colonies for examination and identification.
Permits fungi to be studied virtually in situ with as little disturbance as possible
Fungi are identified mostly by close examination of its morphology and the characteristics it possess. In slide cultures, we are growing the fungi directly on the slide on a thin film of agar. By doing this, there is no need to remove a portion of the fungus from a culture plate and transfer it to the slide. So there is less chance for the features that are key to identification, notably the spore-bearing structures, to be damaged.