Broken hyphae of the basidiomycete Crinipellis perniciosa allow quantitative assay of toxicity

Current Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 407-412

  Filho, Dorival F ^a   Pungartnik, Cristina ^a   Cascardo, Julio C M ^a   Brendel, Martin ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; FUNGAL DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; OXIDIZING AGENT; PARAQUAT;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SUSPENSION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRINIPELLIS PERNICIOSA; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DIPLOIDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HAPLOIDY; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

4-NITROQUINOLINE-1-OXIDE; AGARICALES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA REPAIR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPHAE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRINIPELLIS PERNICIOSA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33645827560     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0405-3     Document Type: Article

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