Studies on cytochromes of lichenized fungi under optimized culture conditions

Mycoscience

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-68

  Verma, Neeraj ^a   Behera, B C ^a   Makhija, U V ^a  

^a AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Fungal respiratory system; Hemoproteins; Lichen culture; Usnea ghattensis

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; USNEA;

EID: 78651251506     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: 16182545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10267-010-0070-7     Document Type: Article

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