Quantification of the fractal nature of mycelial aggregation in Aspergillus niger submerged cultures

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Papagianni, Maria ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS CULTURE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 33644604382     PISSN: 14752859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-5-5     Document Type: Article

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