Lignocellulolysis by ascomycetes (fungi) of a saltmarsh grass (smooth cordgrass)

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-46

  Newell, S Y ^a   Porter, D ^a   Lingle, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi; Lignin; Lignocellulose; Phaeosphaeria spartinicola; Polyphenolic degradation; Spartina alterniflora; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; FUNGI; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGNIN;

FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING; LEAF BLADES; PHEOSPHERIUM SPARTINICOLUM; POLYPHENOLIC DEGRADATION; POLYPHENOLICS; SALT MARSHES; SOFT-ROT; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; THINNINGS;

LIGNOCELLULOSE;

LIGNOCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GRASS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUERGENERULA SPARTINAE; FUNGI; PASSERINIELLA; PASSERINIELLA OBIONES; PHAEOSPHAERIA SPARTINAE; PHAEOSPHAERIA SPARTINICOLA; POACEAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0030070755     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(199601)33:1<32::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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