Influence of the host contact sequence on the outcome of competition among Aspergillus flavus isolates during host tissue invasion

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1691-1697

  Mehl, H L ^a   Cotty, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ATOXIGENIC; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CONIDIAL CONCENTRATION; GENETIC TYPE; GERM TUBES; HOST TISSUES; MAIZE KERNELS; PYROSEQUENCING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; TISSUE INVASION;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; TISSUE;

COMPETITION;

AFLATOXIN;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMORPHISM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79953166088     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02240-10     Document Type: Article

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