Aflatoxigenic strains of Aspergillus section Flavi isolated from marketed peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) in Algiers (Algeria)

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 295-305

  Guezlane Tebibel, Nadjet ^a   Bouras, Noureddine ^b   Mokrane, Salim ^b   Benayad, Tahar ^c   Mathieu, Florence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b Ecole Normale Superieure de Kouba   (Algeria)

^c Laboratoire Centrale de Police Scientifique   (Algeria)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aflatoxigenic, Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea); Aflatoxins; Algeria; Aspergillus section Flavi

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CAELATUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; MYCOTA; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 84873733068     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-012-0473-0     Document Type: Article

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