Morphological recognition of fungal spore germination by a computer-aided image analysis and its application to antifungal activity evaluation

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-79

  Oh, Ki Bong ^a   Chen, Yuansong ^b   Matsuoka, Hideaki ^a   Yamamoto, Akira ^b   Kurata, Hiroshi ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Research and Development Division   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Kembikyoin Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Fungal spore; Germination; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TELEVISION;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY EVALUATION; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BINARY IMAGE; BRIGHTNESS IMAGE; CURVULARIA LUNATA; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUSARIUM SOLANI;

FUNGI;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS SPORE; GERMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATUS; CURVULARIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI;

EID: 0343724703     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(95)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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