Ochratoxigenic black species of aspergilli in grape fruits of northern Italy identified by an improved PCR-RFLP procedure

Toxins

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 42-54

  Spadaro, Davide ^a   Patharajan, Subban ^a   Lorè, Alessia ^a   Garibaldi, Angelo ^a   Gullino, Maria Lodovica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspergillus section nigri; Grapes; Ochratoxin A; Ribosomal DNA; Wine

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; OCHRATOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS JAPONICUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAPEFRUIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; OCHRATOXINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS JAPONICUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; VITACEAE;

EID: 84857670997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins4020042     Document Type: Article

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