A novel method for identifying hydrophobicity on fungal surfaces

Mycological Research

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1046-1052

  Chau, Henry Wai ^a   Si, Bing Cheng ^a   Goh, Yit Kheng ^a   Vujanovic, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronoamphiphilic; Contact angles; Fungal surface properties; Hydrophilic; Hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SURFACE; WATER RETENTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FUNGUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

FUNGI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

FUNGI;

EID: 70350568084     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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