Effects of metals on growth and sporulation of aquatic fungi

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-278

  Azevedo, Maria M ^a   Cássio, Fernanda ^b  

^a Department of Sciences   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquatic fungi; Growth; Metals; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; GLUCOSE; NICKEL; VITAMIN; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALATOSPORA ACUMINATA; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLAGELLOSPORA CURTA; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HELISCUS SUBMERSUS; HYPHOMYCETES; MALT; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS; TRICLADIUM CHAETOCLADIUM; VARICOSPORIUM ELODEAE; YPSILINA GRAMINEA; DEUTEROMYCETES; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CADMIUM; COPPER; METALS, HEAVY; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MYCELIUM; NICKEL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

ALATOSPORA ACUMINATA; FUNGI; GRAMINEA; HELISCUS SUBMERSUS; HYPHOMYCETES; INVERTEBRATA; NECTRIA CURTA; TRICLADIUM CHAETOCLADIUM; VARICOSPORIUM ELODEAE; YPSILINA;

EID: 77953273315     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: 15256014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01480540903431440     Document Type: Article

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