Properties of Aspergillus tamarii, A. caelatus and related species from acidic tea field soils in Japan

Mycopathologia

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-175

  Ito, Yoko ^a   Peterson, Stephen W ^b   Goto, Tetsuhisa ^c  

^a Natl Res Inst Vegetables Ornamental Plants & Tea   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidic soil; Aspergillus caelatus; Aspergillus tamarii; DNA sequence; Mycotoxin

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TEA;

ASPERGILLUS CAELATUS; ASPERGILLUS TAMARII; FUNGI;

EID: 0032324198     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007021527106     Document Type: Article

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