In situ microscopic observation of chitin and fungal cells with chitinous cell walls in hydrothermal conditions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Deguchi, Shigeru ^a   Tsujii, Kaoru ^b   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; WATER;

AGARICALES; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; FILOBASIDIELLA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

AGARICALES; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CRYPTOCOCCUS; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84936857990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11907     Document Type: Article

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