Two novel aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus species from Argentinean peanuts

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 725-735

  Pildain, María B ^a   Frisvad, Jens C ^b   Vaamonde, Graciela ^a   Cabral, Daniel ^a   Varga, Janos ^c,d   Samson, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; AFLATREM; AFLAVARIN; AFLAVININE; ASPERGILLIC ACID; BETA TUBULIN; CALMODULIN; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; KOJIC ACID; MYCOTOXIN; PARASITICOLIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL DNA; TUBULIN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS MINISCLEROTIGENES; ASPERGILLUS PARVISCLEROTIGENUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEANUT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES INVASION; TAXONOMY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARACHIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

AFLATOXINS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ARGENTINA; ASPERGILLUS; CALMODULIN; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBULIN;

EID: 44449170077     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65123-0     Document Type: Article

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