Functionality and prevalence of trehalose-based oligosaccharides as novel compatible solutes in ascospores of Neosartorya fischeri (Aspergillus fischeri) and other fungi

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 395-411

  Wyatt, Timon T ^a   van Leeuwen, M Richard ^a   Golovina, Elena A ^b   Hoekstra, Folkert A ^b   Kuenstner, Eric J ^c   Palumbo, Edward A ^d   Snyder, Nicole L ^d   Visagie, Cobus ^a   Verkennis, Alex ^a   Hallsworth, John E ^e   Wösten, Han A B ^f   Dijksterhuis, Jan ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYSSOCHLAMYS; EUKARYOTA; EUROTIALES; FUNGI; NEOSARTORYA; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI; TALAROMYCES; TALAROMYCES MACROSPORUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

TREHALOSE;

DEHYDRATION; FOOD CONTROL; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METABOLISM; NEOSARTORYA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TALAROMYCES; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

DEHYDRATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOT TEMPERATURE; NEOSARTORYA; PREVALENCE; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TALAROMYCES; TEMPERATURE; TREHALOSE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84923788583     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12558     Document Type: Article

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