Endo-1,4-β-glucanase production by Stachybotrys elegans, a mycoparasite of Rhizoctonia solani

Mycologia

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 410-415

  Tweddell, Russell J ^a   Marshall, Jennifer ^b   Jabaji Hare, Suha H ^b  

^a INSA   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

catabolite repression; cellulase; hydrolytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

HYPHOMYCETES; RHIZOCTONIA; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS ELEGANS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0029903494     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3760882     Document Type: Article

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