The variability of citrinin production in Monascus type cultures

Food Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-148

  Wang, You Zhi ^a   Ju, Xiu Lian ^b   Zhou, Yu Guang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Citrinin; Monascus; Toxigenic fungi

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; EUROTIALES; FUNGI; MONASCUS; MONASCUS PALLENS; MONASCUS RUBER; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 4344571099     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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