Structural features of sugars that trigger or support conidial germination in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus Niger

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 6924-6931

  Hayer, Kimran ^a   Stratford, Malcolm ^a   Archer, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONIDIAL GERMINATION; D-ARABINOSE; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; ISOTROPIC GROWTH; POLARIZED GROWTH; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

ASPERGILLUS; SUGARS; SWELLING;

CULTIVATION;

DATA SET; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; MOBILIZATION; POLARIZATION; SUGAR;

CARBOHYDRATE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; HEXOSE; LYXOSE; MANNOSE; PENTOSE; TAGATOSE; TREHALOSE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; HEXOSES; HYPHAE; MANNOSE; PENTOSES; SPORES, FUNGAL; TREHALOSE; XYLOSE;

EID: 84886672137     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02061-13     Document Type: Article

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