Isolation and identification of ochratoxin A-producing Aspergillus section Nigri strains from California raisins

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 330-336

  Palumbo, J D ^a   O'Keeffe, T L ^a   Vasquez, S J ^b   Mahoney, N E ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

A. niger; Aspergillus carbonarius; Ochratoxin; Raisins; Vineyards

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS;

A NIGER; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; CALIFORNIA; ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION; NIGER; OCHRATOXIN A; OCHRATOXINS; RAISIN; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; VINEYARD;

ASPERGILLUS;

OCHRATOXIN;

FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; TOXIN; VINEYARD;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CROP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; RAISIN; VINEYARD;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 79952536020     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03004.x     Document Type: Article

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