Nutritional requirements and strain heterogeneity in Ashbya gossypii

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 582-589

  Ribeiro, Orquídea ^a   Domingues, Lucília ^a   Penttilä, Merja ^b   Wiebe, Marilyn G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ashbya gossypii; Carbon utilization; Colony radial growth rate; Ethanol; Nitrogen utilization; PH

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON; GLYCEROL; NITROGEN; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EREMOTHECIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PH; PHENOTYPE;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; EREMOTHECIUM; ETHANOL; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

EID: 84867377195     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100383     Document Type: Article

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