Water- and air-distributed conidia differ in sterol content and cytoplasmic microviscosity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 366-369

  Van Leeuwen, M R ^a   Van Doorn, T M ^a   Golovina, E A ^b   Stark, J ^c   Dijksterhuis, J ^a  

^a STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DSM FOOD SPECIALTIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR COMPOSITION; FUNGAL PROPAGULES; FUNGAL SPORES; MICROVISCOSITIES; SPORE DISPERSAL;

WATER CONTENT;

ERGOSTEROL; WATER;

AIR SAMPLING; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CELL ORGANELLE; DISPERSAL; FUNGUS; PROPAGULE; SPORE; STEROL; VISCOSITY;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS SPORE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

AIR; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ERGOSTEROL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SPORES, FUNGAL; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 76149130395     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01632-09     Document Type: Article

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