Wood-degrading capabilities of tropical freshwater fungi

Material und Organismen

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-50

  Yuen, Tsz Kit ^a   Hyde, Kevin David ^a   Hodgkiss, Ivor John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Freshwater fungi; Weight loss; Wood decay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347032736     PISSN: 00255270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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