Soft rot decay in tropical freshwater fungi

Material und Organismen

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-161

  Yuen, Tsz Kit ^a   Hyde, Kevin David ^a   Hodgkiss, Ivor John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Freshwater fungi; Lignin; Soft rot cavity; Wood decay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033292861     PISSN: 00255270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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