Adaptation of Aspergillus niger to acidic conditions and its relationship to salt stress and miconazole

Mycological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 869-874

  Park, Jong Chul ^a,b   Matsuoka, Hideaki ^a   Takatori, Kosuke ^b   Kurata, Hiroshi ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Kembikyoin Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; GROWTH; SALT STRESS;

EID: 0029659624     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-7562(96)80037-2     Document Type: Article

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