Simulation of growth of a filamentous fungus in 3 dimensions

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-150

  Lejeune, Robert ^a   Baron, Gino V ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

filamentous fungus; fractal dimension; spore aggregates; tridimensional structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FRACTALS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; POROSITY;

BOX COUNTING METHOD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN PROFILES; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; FRACTAL DIMENSION; SPORE AGGREGATES; TRIDIMENSIONAL GROWTH;

FUNGI;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; TRICHODERMA REESEI;

EID: 0031022520     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970120)53:2<139::AID-BIT3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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