Fate of some fungal spores associated with wheat straw decomposition on passage through the guts of Lumbricus terrestris and Aporrectodea longa

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 533-537

  Moody, Sandra A ^a   Piearce, Trevor G ^a   Dighton, John ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROCYBE; APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA LONGA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM LATERITIUM; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MUCOR HIEMALIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TRICHODERMA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030115563     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00172-7     Document Type: Article

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