Production of a fungistatic substance by pseudallescheria boydii isolated from soil amended with vegetable tissues and its significance

Mycopathologia

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Ko, Wen Hsiung ^a   Tsou, Yi Jung ^a   Ju, Yu Ming ^b   Hsieh, Huei Mei ^b   Ann, Pao Jen ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alternaria brassicicola; Antibiotic production; Black leaf spot; Competitive saprophytic ability; Fungistatic substance; Pseudallescheria boydii

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STABILITY; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PLANT DISEASE; VEGETABLE;

ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DRUG STABILITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDALLESCHERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VEGETABLES;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; PSEUDALLESCHERIA BOYDII;

EID: 77649336599     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-009-9237-1     Document Type: Article

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