Emericella astellata, a new producer of aflatoxin B1, B 2 and sterigmatocystin

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 440-445

  Frisvad, J C ^a   Samson, R A ^b   Smedsgaard, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus nidulans group; Asteltoxin; Emericella; Media; Sterigmatocystin

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AFLATOXIN B 1; ASPERGILLUS NIDULAN GROUP; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASTELTOXIN; DIODE ARRAY DETECTION; EMERICELLUM; EPIGENETICS; MEDIUM; SOURCE MATERIAL; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

AFLATOXINS;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; STERIGMATOCYSTIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA ASTELLATA; EPIGENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA ASTELLATA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; GENETTA;

EID: 2042514327     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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