Fungal production of calcium oxalate in leaf litter microcosms

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1189-1192

  Tait, Karen ^a   Sayer, Jacqueline A ^a   Gharieb, Mohammed M ^b   Gadd, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Menoufia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; FUNGUS METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

EID: 0032998773     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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