Screening wood- and bark-inhabiting basidiomycetes for esterase activity in liquid stationary culture

Mycologia

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 831-838

  Schultz, Emeric ^a   Chamuris, George P ^a   Dallabrida, Susan ^a,b  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bark; enzyme; fungi; suberin; wood

Indexed keywords

ACER; ALEURODISCUS OAKESII; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CANA; CYSTOSTEREUM; DENDROPHORA; DENDROTHELE ACERINA; FUNGI; GYMNOCEPHALUS; HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES; MYCENA;

EID: 0030464938     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3760979     Document Type: Article

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