Water availability affects extracellular hydrolytic enzyme production by aspergillus flavus and aspergillus parasiticus

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-322

  Alam, S ^a,b   Shah, H U ^a   Magan, N ^b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aflatoxigenic fungi; Aspergillus section flavi; Hydrolytic enzymes; Specific activity; Total activity; Water activity

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ESTERASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; HYDROLASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; FUNGI;

EID: 70350303582     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2008.1108     Document Type: Article

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