Culture media and sources of nitrogen promoting the formation of stromata and ascocarps in Petromyces alliaceus (Aspergillus section Flavi)

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 765-771

  McAlpin, Cesaria E ^a   Wicklow, Donald T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascospores; Essential amino acids; Homothallic; Sclerotia

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CROPS; NITROGEN;

ASCOSPORES; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS; HOMOTHALLIC; SCLEROTIA;

FUNGI;

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITROGEN; SERINE;

AMINO ACID; FUNGUS; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PETROMYCES ALLIACEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CULTURE MEDIA; EUROTIALES; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACIDS; FARM CROPS; FUNGI; NITROGEN;

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; PETROMYCES ALLIACEUS;

EID: 30344460019     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W05-057     Document Type: Article

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