Influence of the Environment on the Morphological and Biochemical Characteristics of Different Aspergillus niger Wild Type Strains

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-193

  Šimonovičová, Alexandra ^a   Hlinková, Elena ^a   Chovanová, Katarína ^b   Pangallo, Domenico ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Ecological burden; Proteins profile; RAMP PCR

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 84876188761     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-012-0317-4     Document Type: Article

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