Magenta pigment produced by fungus

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 201-207

  Chiba, Sanae ^a   Tsuyoshi, Naoko ^b   Fudou, Ryosuke ^b   Ojika, Makoto ^c   Murakami, Yoshimasa ^a   Ogoma, Yoshiro ^a   Oguchi, Masakatu ^a   Yamanaka, Shigeru ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dyes; Fungus; Magenta; Phoma; Pigment

Indexed keywords

FUCHSINE; NYLON; COLORING AGENT; PIGMENT;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOTHIDEALES; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOMA HERBARUM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; STAINING; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

FUNGI; PHOMA; PHOMA HERBARUM;

ASCOMYCOTA; COLORING AGENTS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; ROSANILINE DYES;

EID: 39049195535     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.52.201     Document Type: Article

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