In-vitro studies on wood degradation in soil by soft-rot fungi: Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-102

  Hamed, Safa Abdelkader Mohamed ^a  

^a Cairo University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Penicillium chrysogenum; Pine wood; SEM; Soil; Sycamore wood

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CAVITY FORMATION; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PINE WOODS; SOFT-ROT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; WOOD DEGRADATION; WOOD SAMPLES;

ASPERGILLUS; BIODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS;

WOOD;

BIODEGRADATION; COLONIZATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; MOISTURE CONTENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL DEGRADATION; TOLERANCE; WOOD;

BIODEGRADABILITY; PINUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL; WOOD;

EID: 84875261118     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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