Stimulation of hyphal growth in anaerobic cultures of Mucor rouxii by extracellular trehalose. Relevance of cell wall-bound activity of acid trehalase for trehalose utilization

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-13

  Lucio, Agda K B ^a   Polizeli, Maria De Lourdes T M ^a   Jorge, João A ^a   Terenzi, Héctor F ^a  

^a Departamento de Biologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acid trehalase; Cell wall; Dimorphism; Mucor rouxii; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

ACID TREHALASE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLUCOSE; MUCOR; TREHALASE; TREHALOSE;

AMYLOMYCES ROUXII; FUNGI; MUCOR;

EID: 0033988648     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00557-1     Document Type: Article

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