Colorimetric method for determining hydrogen peroxide production in liquid media by filamentous fungi

Mycologia

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 835-840

  Georgiou, Christos D ^a   Sideri, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Georgiou Petri dish growth apparatus; Oxidative stress; Sclerotium rolfsii

Indexed keywords

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; ATHELIA ROLFSII; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0006141099     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761578     Document Type: Article

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