Hypersaline conditions induce changes in cell-wall melanization and colony structure in a halophilic and a xerophilic black yeast species of the genus Trimmatostroma

Mycological Research

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 713-724

  Kogej, Tina ^a   Gorbushina, Anna A ^b   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fungal physiology; Hyphomycetes; Marine fungi; Melanin; Salinity

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; YEAST;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CELL WALL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASCOMYCOTA; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHAETOTHYRIALES; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; TRIMMATOSTROMA; TRIMMATOSTROMA ABIETIS; TRIMMATOSTROMA SALINUM;

EID: 33746174612     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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