Protoplast preparation and regeneration from spores of the biocontrol fungus Pseudozyma flocculosa

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 287-291

  Cheng, Yali ^a   Bélanger, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enzymatic digestion; Protoplast formation; Pseudozyma flocculosa; Regeneration; Spore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; ENDOMYCETES; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; PSEUDOZYMA FLOCCULOSA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; ENZYMES; MYCOLOGY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTOPLASTS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; PSEUDOZYMA FLOCCULOSA; SACCHAROMYCETES;

EID: 0343390227     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00350-5     Document Type: Article

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