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Thermophilic Fungi associated with Nigerian Oil Palm Produce

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DURING the course of investigations into factors affecting the quality of palm kernels (that is, the kernels of the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) in Nigeria, it was observed that temperatures of the order of 60° C frequently developed within the stacks of undecorticated kernels that accumulated at oil mills1. It was further noted that fungal mycelia appeared to be growing profusely within these stacks.

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  1. H. O. W. EGGINS

    Present address: Department of Biology, College of Advanced Technology, Birmingham

  2. D. G. COURSEY

    Present address: Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Private Mail Bag 1023, Ikeja Airport, Nigeria

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

    H. O. W. EGGINS

  2. West African Stored Products Research Unit, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

    D. G. COURSEY

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EGGINS, H., COURSEY, D. Thermophilic Fungi associated with Nigerian Oil Palm Produce. Nature 203, 1083–1084 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2031083a0

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