Ionizing radiation attracts soil fungi

Mycological Research

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1089-1096

  Zhdanova, Nelli N ^a   Tugay, Tatyana ^a   Dighton, John ^b   Zheltonozhsky, Victor ^c   Mcdermott, Patrick ^d  

^a ZABOLOTNY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Ukraine)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; GROWTH; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

FUNGI;

EID: 5344238997     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204000966     Document Type: Article

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