Effects of γ-radiation on the fungus Alternaria alternata in artificially inoculated cereal samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1622-1628

  Braghini, R ^a   Pozzi, C R ^b   Aquino, S ^c   Rocha, L O ^a   Correa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

radiation; Alternaria alternata; Cereals; Foods; Fungi

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; CEREALS; COLONY FORMING UNITS; CONTROL GROUPS; DICHLORAN; FOODS; FOUR-GROUP; FUNGAL GROWTH; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; MALT EXTRACT AGARS; RADIATION DOSE; ROSE BENGAL; SEM; SERIAL DILUTIONS; STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS;

ALGAE; ANTIBIOTICS; DOSIMETRY; FUNGI; IONIZING RADIATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

AGAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ROSE BENGAL;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; CEREAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; FOOD IRRADIATION; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; GAMMA RADIATION; GRAIN; INOCULATION; MALT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALTERNARIA; CEREALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GAMMA RAYS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 67349144652     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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