Glass bead cultivation of fungi: Combining the best of liquid and agar media

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 343-346

  Droce, Aida ^a,b   Sørensen, Jens Laurids ^a,b   Giese, Henriette ^a   Sondergaard, Teis Esben ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon metabolism; Cultivation methods; Fungal RNA extraction; Fusarium; Secondary metabolite production

Indexed keywords

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GLASS BEAD CULTIVATION; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; RNA EXTRACTION;

CARBON METABOLISM; CULTIVATION METHODS; FUNGAL RNA EXTRACTION; FUSARIUM; SECONDARY METABOLITE PRODUCTION;

AGAR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; MYCELIUM; MYCOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDES; PHENOTYPE; RNA, FUNGAL;

EID: 84882739432     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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