Production of polysaccharidases in different carbon sources by Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Möller (Singer), the symbiotic fungus of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens Linnaeus

Current Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-71

  Silva, Aline ^a   Bacci Jr , Maurício ^a   Pagnocca, Fernando C ^a   Bueno, Odair C ^a   Hebling, Maria J A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CARBON; CELLULASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ANT; ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEAF LITTER; LEUCOAGARICUS GONGYLOPHORUS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

AGARICALES; AMYLASES; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOMASS; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; PECTINS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYSACCHARIDES; STARCH; SYMBIOSIS; XYLANS;

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS; FUNGI; LEUCOAGARICUS GONGYLOPHORUS;

EID: 33746422995     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0431-1     Document Type: Article

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