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Sterigmatocystin production on complex and defined substrates

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Bennett, J.W., Henderberg, A. & Grossman, K. Sterigmatocystin production on complex and defined substrates. Mycopathologia 105, 35–38 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443827

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