Oil as a substrate for Mortierella species

Mycologist

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 134-139

  Weber, Roland W S ^a   Tribe, Henry T ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lipid droplets; Mortierella hyalina; Mortierella simplex; Oleaginous fungi; Soil

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HELIANTHUS; MORTIERELLA; MORTIERELLA HYALINA;

EID: 0345832182     PISSN: 0269915X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269915X03002039     Document Type: Review

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