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Screening and Identification of Yeasts Antagonistic to Pathogenic Fungi Show a Narrow Optimal pH Range for Antagonistic Activity

By: PEI-HUA CHEN and  JUI-YU CHOU  
Open Access
|Mar 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/17331331.1234998 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
Language: English
Page range: 101 - 106
Submitted on: Feb 25, 2016
Accepted on: Dec 5, 2016
Published on: Mar 30, 2017
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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