Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 5, 2026

Long-term Behavioral and Reproductive Consequences of Embryonic Exposure to Low-dose Toxicants
Published on: March 6, 2018
Mutagenic effect of cadmium on Trichoderma viride
1Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava.
Abstract:
The effect of cadmium ion on growth and differentiation of the filamentous fungus Trichoderma viride was studied. Cd++ at a concentration of 10 mM strongly retarded growth and caused morphological changes. From cultures treated with cadmium, two white mutants and one yellow mutant were isolated. The white mutants formed no conidiophores and one of them produced colourless crystals in the cultivation medium. The yellow mutant differed from the parental strain mainly by the production of differently coloured conidia and by a slower growth rate.
Related Concept Videos
Mutagenicity and Carcinogenicity
Spontaneous and Induced Mutations
Microbial Bioremediation of Pesticides

