Chytrids cannot survive at high temperatures in liquid growth media: implications for soil ecosystems

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 99-101

  Gleason, Frank H ^a   McGee, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chytrids; Dry; Growth; Moist; Soil; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCLADIALES; CHYTRIDIALES; FUNGI; SPIZELLOMYCETALES;

EID: 59049107953     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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