Agni's fungi: Heat-resistant spores from the Western Ghats, southern India

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 833-838

  Suryanarayanan, T S ^a   Govindarajulu, M B ^a   Thirumalai, E ^a   Reddy, M Sudhakara ^b   Money, Nicholas P ^c  

^a Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology VINSTROM   (India)

^b THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremophile; Fire resistance; Global warming; Spores; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTREMOPHILE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; PATHOGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEMIARID REGION; SPORE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; HEAT; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF;

ASCOMYCOTA; HOT TEMPERATURE; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 80052031456     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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