Assessment of the metabolic activity of Acremonium chrysogenum using Acridine Orange

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 693-697

  Sándor, Erzsébet ^a   Karaffa, Levente ^a   Paul, Gopal C ^b   Pócsi, István ^a   Thomas, Colin R ^b   Szentirmai, Attila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acremonium chrysogenum; Acridine Orange; Metabolic activity

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; STARVATION;

ACREMONIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 17944398115     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005687720264     Document Type: Article

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