Aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in stored barley grain in Spain and impact of PCR-based strategies to assess the occurrence of aflatoxigenic and ochratoxigenic Aspergillus spp

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-126

  Mateo, Eva M ^a   Gil Serna, Jéssica ^b   Patiño, Belén ^b   Jiménez, Misericordia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Aspergillus; Barley; Occurrence; Ochratoxin A; Species specific PCR assays

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; IODINE; OCHRATOXIN;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS STEYNII; ASPERGILLUS WESTERDIJKIAE; BARLEY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAIN; INCUBATION TIME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPAIN;

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HORDEUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOTOXINS; OCHRATOXINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS STEYNII; HORDEUM;

EID: 79960843234     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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