Yeasts colonizing the leaves of fruit trees

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 419-424

  Sláviková, Elena ^a   Vadkertiová, Renata ^a   Vránová, Dana ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Colonization; Isolation; Leaves of fruit trees; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; HANSENIASPORA; HANSENIASPORA UVARUM; METSCHNIKOWIA PULCHERRIMA; PICHIA ANOMALA; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 77951799576     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175125     Document Type: Article

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