Fig. 3

Cross adaptations observed in the control and ΔatfA strains. The control (white columns) and ΔatfA (grey columns) strains were pre-cultured for 0.5 h in the presence of various stress initiating agents as indicated. Following pre-treatments, fungi were exposed to 0.18 mM MSB (Part a) or 1.0 M NaCl (Part b) in fresh culture media. All cultures were incubated for 18 h, and increases in the dry cell mass (DCM) values were determined, which are presented here as means ± S.D. values (n = 3). Untreated cultures were not subjected to stress treatments at all meanwhile control cultures were exposed to MSB and NaCl without stress pre-treatments. *Significant differences in comparison to control cultures calculated by Student’s t-test (p < 0.05, n = 3)