The sexual state of Aspergillus parasiticus

Mycologia

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-280

  Horn, Bruce W ^a   Ramirez Prado, Jorge H ^b,c   Carbone, Ignazio ^b  

^a NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspergillus alliaceus; Heterothallism; Petromyces alliaceus; Petromyces parasiticus; Sexual reproduction; Trichocomaceae

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ALLIACEUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI; PERIDIUM; PETROMYCES; PETROMYCES ALLIACEUS; TRICHOCOMACEAE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65549129123     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/08-205     Document Type: Article

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