Antimicrobial activities of selected Cyathus species

Mycopathologia

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-189

  Liu, Ya Jun ^a   Zhang, Ke Qin ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active metabolites; Bird's nest fungi; Morphological abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PLANT DISEASE; RICE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FUNGI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYATHUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; PYRICULARIA;

EID: 1842659139     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000020598.91469.d1     Document Type: Article

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