Morphological responses to high sugar concentrationsdifferfrom adaptation to high salt concentrations in the xerophilic fungi Wallemia spp.

Fungal Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 466-478

  Kralj Kunčič, Marjetka ^a   Zajc, Janja ^a   Drobne, Damjana ^a   Pipan Tkalec, Živa ^a   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins (CIPKeBiP)   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Cellular aggregates; Glucose; Honey; Morphology; Osmotic stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FUNGUS; HONEY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; OSMOSIS; SUGAR;

FUNGI; WALLEMIA; WALLEMIA ICHTHYOPHAGA; WALLEMIA MURIAE; WALLEMIA SEBI;

EID: 84881371182     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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