Pigment, fatty acid and extracellular enzyme analysis of a fungal strain Thelebolus microsporus from Larsemann Hills, Antarctica

Polar Record

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-36

  Singh, Shiv M ^a   Singh, Paras N ^b   Singh, Sanjay K ^b   Sharma, Prabhat K ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ENZYME; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; MEMBRANE; POLAR REGION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LARSEMANN HILLS;

EID: 84890480173     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247412000563     Document Type: Article

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