Preservation of in vitro cultures of the mite pethogenic fungus Neozygites tanajoae

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 579-586

  Delalibera Jr , Italo ^a,c   Humber, Richard A ^b   Hajek, Ann E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ROBERT W HOLLEY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Entomophthorales; Fungal storage; Mononychellus tanajoa; Neozygites floridana

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; BIODIVERSITY; CRYOGENICS; FUNGI;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTANTS; PATHOGENS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; TREHALOSE;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BRAZIL; COLD STRESS; COLD TOLERANCE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MITE; NEOZYGITES FLORIDANA; NEOZYGITES TANAJOEA; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WARMING;

ANIMALS; COLD; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; GLYCEROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TETRANYCHIDAE; TREHALOSE;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACARI; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MONONYCHELLUS; MONONYCHELLUS PROGRESIVUS; NEOZYGITES; NEOZYGITES FLORIDANA; NEOZYGITES TANAJOAE;

EID: 8644254970     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-041     Document Type: Article

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