Biochemical interaction between entomopathogenous fungi and their insect-host-like hydrocarbons

Mycologia

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 528-536

  Crespo, Rosana ^a   Patricia Juarez M ^a   Cafferata, Lázaro F R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alkane grown fungi; Hydrocarbon catabolism; Insect cuticle; Palmitic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001253638     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761512     Document Type: Article

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