Isolation, characterization, and avenacin sensitivity of a diverse collection of cereal-root-colonizing fungi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3364-3372

  Carter, Jon P ^a   Spink, John ^b   Cannon, Paul F ^c   Daniels, Michael J ^a   Osbourn, Anne E ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c CABI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVENACIN A1; RIBOSOME DNA; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; CEREAL; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; WHEAT;

EID: 0032772095     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3364-3372.1999     Document Type: Article

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