Biodegradation of n-eicosane by fungi screened from nature

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1804-1810

  Hadibarata, Tony ^a   Tachibana, Sanro ^a   Itoh, Kazutaka ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; n Eicosane; Trichoderma sp. S019

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 34247228611     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.1804.1810     Document Type: Article

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