Lipids stimulate spore germination in the entomopathogenic ascomycete Ascosphaera aggregata

Mycopathologia

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-302

  James, R R ^a   Buckner, J S ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa leafcutting bee; Chalkbrood; Fatty acids; Lipids; Megachile rotundata; Spore germination

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BEE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS SPORE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BEES; CULTURE MEDIA; FATTY ACIDS; GERMINATION; LARVA; LIPIDS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEMPERATURE;

APOIDEA; ASCOMYCOTA; ASCOSPHAERA; ASCOSPHAERA AGGREGATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE; MEGACHILE LATIMANUS; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA;

EID: 12944317097     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-004-2910-5     Document Type: Article

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