Aspects of the pathology and etiology of 'drippy gill' disease of the cultivated mushroom Agaricus bisporus

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 246-258

  Gill, Warwick ^a   Cole, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agaricus bisporus; Drippy gill; Extracellular; Intracellular; Pseudomonas agarici

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CULTIVAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GILL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGARICUS BISPORUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AGARICI;

EID: 0034065928     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-46-3-246     Document Type: Article

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