Induction of sexual reproduction and genetic diversity in the cheese fungus Penicillium roqueforti
The emblematic fungus Penicillium roqueforti is used throughout the world as a starter culture in the production of blue-veined cheeses. Like other industrial filamentous fungi, P. roqueforti was thought to lack a sexual cycle. However, an ability to induce recombination is of great economic and fun...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001442/ |