Water balance of a tick-fungus relationship, featuring the life cycle of the fungus scopulariopsis brevicaulis (sacc.) bainier (deuteromycota) in a tick host

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-101

  Yoder, Jay A ^a   Benoit, Joshua B ^a   Rellinger, Eric J ^a   Murray, Seth A ^a   Zettler, Lawrence W ^b  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungi; Scopulariopsis; Symbiont; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS;

EID: 3042537075     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647950408684375     Document Type: Article

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