Heterogeneity in liquid shaken cultures of aspergillus niger inoculated with melanised conidia or conidia of pigmentation mutants

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-57

  van Veluw, G J ^a   Teertstra, W R ^a   de Bekker, C ^a   Vinck, A ^a   van Beek, N ^a   Muller, W H ^a   Arentshorst, M ^b   van der Mei, H C ^c   Ram, A F J ^b   Dijksterhuis, J ^d   Wosten H A B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Bioreactor; Colony; Heterogeneity; Mycelium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871085307     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3114/sim0008     Document Type: Article

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