OTA-producing fungi isolated from stored cocoa beans

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-201

  Amezqueta S ^a   Gonzalez Penas E ^a   Dachoupakan, C ^b   Murillo Arbizu, M ^a   Lopez De Cerain A ^a   Guiraud, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UMR QUALISUD   (France)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Fungi; Mycotoxins; Ochratoxin A.

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; COCOA; FOOD STORAGE;

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COCOA BEANS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OCHRATOXIN A; TOXIGENIC;

MYCOTOXINS;

OCHRATOXIN;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CYTOTOXICITY; FUNGI; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COCOA; FUNGUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CACAO; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; SPAIN; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 50449095760     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02409.x     Document Type: Article

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