The effect of culture conditions on the morphology of the dimorphic yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus var. marxianus NRRLy2415: A study incorporating image analysis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 316-322

  O'Shea, D G ^a   Walsh, P K ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMOSTAT; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

FUNGI; KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS;

EID: 0034035602     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050027     Document Type: Article

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