Aquatic Hyphomycete Communities Associated with Decomposing Alder Leaf Litter in Reference Headwater Streams of the Basque Country (northern Spain)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-290

  Pérez, Javier ^a   Descals, Enrique ^b   Pozo, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDER; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DEUTEROMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RIVER; SPAIN;

ALNUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PLANT LEAVES; RIVERS; SPAIN; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ALNUS; FLAGELLOSPORA CURVULA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; LUNULOSPORA CURVULA;

EID: 84864330210     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0022-1     Document Type: Article

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