Pichia fermentans dimorphic changes depend on the nitrogen source

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 769-777

  Sanna, Maria Lina ^a   Zara, Severino ^a   Zara, Giacomo ^a   Migheli, Quirico ^a   Budroni, Marilena ^a   Mannazzu, Ilaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Nitrogen starvation; Pichia fermentans; Pseudohyphae; Yeast morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; UREA;

AMINO ACID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOFILM; DIMORPHISM; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PH; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PICHIA;

ALCOHOLS; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPHAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; PICHIA; UREA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MONILIA; PICHIA; PICHIA FERMENTANS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84862983296     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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