The use of fluorogenic substrates to measure fungal presence and activity in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 613-617

  Miller, Morten ^a   Palojärvi, Ansa ^b   Rangger, Andrea ^c   Reeslev, Morten ^a   Kjøller, Annelise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; CHITIN; ERGOSTEROL; FATTY ACID; HYMECROMONE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRICHODERMA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; TRICHODERMA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0344301948     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.613-617.1998     Document Type: Article

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