Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in three genes shows evidence for genetic isolation of certain Aspergillus flavus vegetative compatibility groups

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-236

  Ehrlich, Kenneth C ^a   Montalbano, Beverly G ^a   Cotty, Peter J ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Phylogenetics; Recombination; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Vegetative compatibility

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; COTTON; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; GENES, FUNGAL; GOSSYPIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEEDS; UNITED STATES;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33846999899     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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