Temporal changes in microscale colonization of the phylloplane by Aureobasidium pullulans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 6234-6241

  McGrath, Molly J ^a,b   Andrews, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGY; YEAST;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERVEINAL REGIONS; SWOLLEN-CELLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COLONIZATION; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GROWING SEASON; HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEAF; MICROSCOPY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

APPLE; ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHYLLOPLANE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASON;

ASCOMYCOTA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; FUNGI; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA;

EID: 33748759244     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00744-06     Document Type: Article

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