Aspergillus ibericus: A new species of section Nigri isolated from grapes

Mycologia

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-306

  Serra, Rita ^a   Cabañes, F Javier ^b   Perrone, Giancarlo ^c   Castellá, Gemma ^b   Venâncio, Armando ^a   Mulè, Giuseppina ^c   Kozakiewicz, Zofia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^d CABI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. carbonarius; A. niger; Black aspergilli; Fungi; Ochratoxin A; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; FUNGAL DNA; OCHRATOXIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 5.8S;

FRUIT; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASPERGILLUS; CALMODULIN; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCHRATOXINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VITIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS IBERICUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; VITACEAE; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 33746046709     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 00275514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/mycologia.98.2.295     Document Type: Article

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