Elemental composition of Physarum compressum Alb. et Schw. sporocarps and their structures cultivated on rabbit dung and agar substrates

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1134-1142

  Janik, Paulina ^a   Tylko, Grzegorz ^a   Ostachowicz, Beata ^b   Turnau, Katarzyna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

SEM; Slime mold cultivation; Substrate composition; TXRF; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CULTIVATION; ELECTRONS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIME; MOLDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

AGAR MEDIA; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSES; ELECTRON-PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FRUITING BODIES; SLIME MOLD CULTIVATION; SLIME MOULDS; SUBSTRATE COMPOSITION; TOTAL X-RAY REFLECTION FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY MICROANALYSIS; X-RAY REFLECTIONS;

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOGASTRIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PERIDIUM; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM COMPRESSUM;

EID: 78049413675     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20860     Document Type: Article

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