Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, a carotenoid producing yeast strain from a Patagonian high-altitude Lake

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Libkind, D ^a   Brizzio, S ^a   Van Broock, M ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; RHODOSPORIDIUM; RHODOSPORIDIUM KRATOCHVILOVAE; RHODOTORULA LACTOSA; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 1842523331     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931640     Document Type: Article

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