Simple staining detects ultrastructural and biochemical differentiation of vegetative hyphae and fruit body initials in colonies of Pleurotus pulmonarius

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 483-487

  Sanchez C ^a   Tellez Tellez M ^a   Diaz Godinez G ^a   Moore, D ^b  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetes; Enzymatic activity; Fruit body initials; Hyphal differentiation; Vegetative mycelium

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUITS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

BASIDIOMYCETE; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; FRUIT BODY; FRUIT BODY INITIAL; GLUCANS; HYPHAL DIFFERENTIATION; LACCASES; PLEUROTUS PULMONARIUS; SIMPLE++; VEGETATIVE MYCELIA;

MYCELIUM;

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; GLUCAN; GLYCOGEN; LACCASE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; REAGENT;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEULGEN STAINING; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PLEUROTUS PULMONARIUS; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; PLEUROTUS; PLEUROTUS PULMONARIUS;

EID: 2642528636     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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