Comparison of chitin content in the apical and distal parts of fungal hyphae in Basidiobolus ranarum, Neurospora crassa and Coprinus sterquilinus

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-400

  Kopecek P ^a   Raclavsky V ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOBOLUS; BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; COPRINUS; COPRINUS STERQUILINUS; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

CHITIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPRINUS; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CELL WALL; CHITIN; COPRINUS; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033291086     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02903712     Document Type: Article

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