Extracts from seaweeds can promote fungal growth

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 302-310

  Barreto, Michael ^a   Critchley, Alan T ^b   Straker, Colin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Research Centre   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CELL EXTRACTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FUNGI; PHYLLACHORALES; RHIZOCTONIA; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; COLLETOTRICHUM; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; OSMUNDARIA; RHIZOCTONIA; STYPOPODIUM ZONALE; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0036403821     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4028(200210)42:5<302::AID-JOBM302>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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