Oxalate production by fungi: Its role in pathogenicity and ecology in the soil environment

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 881-895

  Dutton, Martin V ^a,b   Evans, Christine S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate; Fungi; Oxalic acid; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; OXALIC ACID;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

FUNGI; OXALATE SECRETION; OXALIC ACID; PATHOGENICITY; SOIL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029660710     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-114     Document Type: Review

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