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Physiology/Biochemistry

Mechanism and rate of sugar uptake by Acremonium typhinum, an endophytic fungus infecting Festuca rubra: Evidence for presence of a cell wall invertase in endophytic fungi

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Pages 408-415 | Accepted 22 Feb 1994, Published online: 29 Aug 2018

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