Description of a distinctive aflatoxin-producing strain of Aspergillus nomius that produces submerged sclerotia

Mycopathologia

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 193-201

  Doster, Mark A ^a   Cotty, Peter J ^b,c   Michailides, Themis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus parasiticus; Cyclopiazonic acid; Fig; Pecan; Pistachio

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; FUNGI; PISTACIA VERA;

AFLATOXIN; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PISTACHIO; UNITED STATES;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; CALIFORNIA; CULTURE MEDIA; INDOLES; PISTACIA; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 70350731138     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-009-9214-8     Document Type: Article

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