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. 1989 Apr;55(4):1044–1046. doi: 10.1128/aem.55.4.1044-1046.1989

Method To Estimate Growth of Trichoderma reesei and Aspergillus wentii in Mixed Culture on Cellulosic Substrates

T Panda 1,, V S Bisaria 1,*, T K Ghose 1
PMCID: PMC184246  PMID: 16347888

Abstract

A simple differential method based on measurement of an intracellular pigment of Aspergillus wentii was developed for estimation of the individual growths of two fungi, Trichoderma reesei and A. wentii, in mixed-culture fermentation of an insoluble cellulosic substrate.

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