Ink and vinegar, a simple staining technique for arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5004-5007

  Vierheilig, Horst ^a,b   Coughlan, Andrew P ^a   Wyss, Urs ^b   Piché, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INK; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; VINEGAR;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; METHODOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FUNGUS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; STAINING;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE;

EID: 0031735257     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.5004-5007.1998     Document Type: Article

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