The Fungal Genetics Stock Center in the context of a world wide community of ex situ fungal germplasm repositories

Fungal Biology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-150

  McCluskey Kevin, K ^a   Wiest, Aric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture collection; Genetically modified organisms; World Federation for Culture Collections

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052296562     PISSN: 17494613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2011.07.001     Document Type: Review

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