Copper deficiency in potato dextrose agar causes reduced pigmentation in cultures of various fungi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-171

  Griffith, Garth W ^a   Easton, Gary L ^a   Detheridge, Andrew ^a   Roderick, Kevin ^a   Edwards, Arwyn ^a   Worgan, Hilary J ^a   Nicholson, Jean ^a   Perkins, William T ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungal media; Laccase; Melanin; Micronutrient; Organic farming; Phenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

AGAR; COPPER; GLUCOSE; LACCASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PIGMENTATION; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHODERMA;

COPPER; CULTURE MEDIA; FUNGI; LACCASE; MYCELIUM; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 35448946878     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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