A novel formaldehyde-degrading fungus, trichoderma virens: Isolation and some properties

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E89-C, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1786-1791

  Sawada, Ayako ^a   Ikeda, Ryuzoh ^b   Tamiya, Eiichi ^b   Yoshida, Taketoshi ^b   Oyabu, Takashi ^a   Nanto, Hidehito ^c  

^a KANAZAWA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde degradation; Fungus; Trichoderma virens

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORMALDEHYDE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; STRAIN;

FORMALDEHYDE DEGRADATION; TRICHODERMA VIRENS;

FUNGI;

EID: 33845593116     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e89-c.12.1786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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