Histochemical and Ultrastructural Characterization of Fungal Mitochondria

Mycologist

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 174-179

  Weber, Roland W S ^a   Wakley, Gavin E ^a   Pitt, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basidiobolus ranarum; Botrytis cinerea; Fusarium culmorum; Mucor mucedo; Phytophthora erythroseptica; Schizophyllum commune; Sordaria fimicola; Succinate dehydrogenase; Tetrazolium stain

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; MUCOR; MUCOR MUCEDO; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA ERYTHROSEPTICA; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; SORDARIA FIMICOLA; TUBULOCRISTATA; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTINA;

EID: 0001488507     PISSN: 0269915X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-915X(98)80076-1     Document Type: Article

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