Growth and mating of cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii on woody debris

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 757-765

  Botes, A ^a   Boekhout, T ^b   Hagen, F ^b   Vismer, H ^c   Swart, J ^a   Botha, A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; ENDO 1,4 BETA XYLANASE; XYLAN;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; WOOD;

ACACIA; CELLULASES; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; EUCALYPTUS; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; WOOD; XYLANS;

ACACIA; ACACIA MEARNSII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 65049087048     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9452-1     Document Type: Article

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