Characterization of the surface hydrophobicity of filamentous fungi

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-91

  Smits, Theo H M ^a   Wick, Lukas Y ^a   Harms, Hauke ^a   Keel, Christoph ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHODOLOGY; MYCELIUM; MYCOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYCELIUM; MYCOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HEBELOMA; HEBELOMA CRUSTULINIFORME; HYPOCREA LIXII; LACCARIA; LACCARIA BICOLOR; PAXILLUS; PAXILLUS INVOLUTUS; SUILLUS; SUILLUS BOVINUS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0037297630     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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