Influence of water activity and nutrients on growth and production of squalestatin S1 by a Phoma sp.

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 842-848

  Aldred, D ^a   Magan, N ^a   Lane, B S ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; GROWTH RATE; METABOLITES; NUTRIENTS; SUBSTRATES;

INFLUENCE OF WATER; MALT EXTRACT; MEDIA TYPES; OIL SEED RAPE; PHOMA SP; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SQUALESTATIN S1; WATER ACTIVITY; WATER NUTRIENT; WHEAT EXTRACTS;

TEMPERATURE;

WATER; ZARAGOZIC ACID A;

FUNGUS; GROWTH; NUTRIENT; PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHOMA; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

FUNGI; PHOMA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033393709     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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