Influence of water activity and temperature on in vitro growth of surface cultures of a Phoma sp. and production of the pharmaceutical metabolites, squalestatins S1 and S2

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 328-332

  Baxter, C J ^a   Magan, N ^a   Lane, B ^b   Wildman, H G ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; SQUALESTATIN; SQUALESTATIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZARAGOZIC ACID A;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

PHOMA;

EID: 0031921250     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051177     Document Type: Article

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