Inoculum Size Effect in Dimorphic Fungi: Extracellular Control of Yeast-Mycelium Dimorphism in Ceratocystis ulmi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1356-1359

  Hornby, Jacob M ^a,b   Jacobitz Kizzier, Sarah M ^a,c   McNeel, Donna J ^a   Jensen, Ellen C ^a,d   Treves, David S ^a,e   Nickerson, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b LEWIS CLARK STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DISEASES; GLUCOSE; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; YEAST;

EXTRACELLULAR DOMAINS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ADENOSINE; AMINOSUGAR; CARBON DIOXIDE; FARNESOL; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; INORGANIC SALT; METHYL GROUP; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PROLINE; QUORUM SENSING MOLECULE; REDUCING AGENT; SULFUR; TRACE METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; CELL BUDDING; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CERATOCYSTIS ULMI; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DUTCH ELM DISEASE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; INOCULATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

ASCOMYCOTA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FARNESOL; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; ULMUS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA ULMI; CERATOCYSTIS; CERATOCYSTIS ULMI; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM ISARIAEFORME; SACCHAROMYCETALES; ULMUS;

EID: 1642282004     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1356-1359.2004     Document Type: Article

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