Relationship between spore germination kinetics and lag time during growth of Mucor racemosus

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 395-398

  Dantigny, P ^a,b   Soares Mansur, C ^a   Sautour, M ^a   Tchobanov, I ^a   Bensoussan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FUNGI; GROWTH KINETICS; SPOILAGE;

FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GROWTH; LAG PERIOD; LAG-TIME; LOGISTICS FUNCTIONS; MACROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; MUCOR RACEMOSUS; SPORE GERMINATION; TWO PARAMETER;

GERMINATION;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD SPOILAGE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MICROSCOPY; MOULD; MUCOR; MUCOR RACEMOSUS; NONHUMAN; RADIUS;

FUNGI; MUCOR; MUCOR RACEMOSUS;

EID: 0036033299     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2002.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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