Effect of temperature and water activity on the growth of Cladosporium sphaerospermum and Cladosporium cladosporioides

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-196

  Aihara, Maki ^a   Tanaka, Tatsuaki ^b   Ohta, Toshiko ^c   Takatori, Kosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAGAMI WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cladosporium cladosporioides; Cladosporium sphaerospermum; Growth rate; Temperature; Water activity

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES;

MICROORGANISMS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CLADOSPORIUM SPHAEROSPERMUM; FUNGI;

EID: 2242479308     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.7.193     Document Type: Article

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