Molecular phylogeny and phenotypic variability of clinical and environmental strains of Aspergillus flavus

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1146-1155

  Gonçalves, Sarah S ^a   Cano, Josep F ^b   Stchigel, Alberto M ^b   Melo, Analy S ^a   Godoy Martinez, Patricio C ^c   Correa, Benedito ^d   Guarro, Josep ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetamidase gene; Aflatoxins; Aspergillus flavus; O methyltransferase gene; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDASE; AMIDASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OMTA PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS;

CLADISTICS; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC VARIATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS;

EID: 84869125193     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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