Identification and retting efficiencies of fungi isolated from dew- retted flax in the United States and Europe

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3950-3956

  Henriksson, Gunnar ^a,b   Akin, Danny E ^b   Hanlin, Richard T ^c   Rodriguez, Carmen ^c   Archibald, Douglas D ^b   Rigsby, Luanne L ^b   Eriksson, Karl Erik L ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA MANNOSIDASE; CELLULASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ASPERGILLUS SOJAE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM LATERITIUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS;

EID: 0030802689     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.3950-3956.1997     Document Type: Article

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