Osmoregulatory responses of fungi inhabiting standing litter of the freshwater emergent macrophyte Juncus effusus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 607-612

  Kuehn, Kevin A ^a   Churchill, Perry F ^a   Suberkropp, Keller ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

FUNGI; LITTER; OSMOREGULATION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT LEAF; WATER TRANSPORT;

FUNGI; JUNCACEAE; JUNCUS EFFUSUS;

EID: 0031913560     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.607-612.1998     Document Type: Article

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