Polyphasic approach to the identification of Aspergillus section Flavi isolated from Brazil nuts

Food Chemistry

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 1127-1132

  Baquião, Arianne Costa ^a   De Oliveira, Maitê Martins Melo ^a   Reis, Tatiana Alves ^a   Zorzete, Patricia ^a   Diniz Atayde, Danielle ^a   Correa, Benedito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus nomius; Bertholletia excelsa; Cyclopiazonic acid; Food; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS SECTION FLAVI; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; ELEVATED LEVEL; MICROSCOPIC MORPHOLOGY; MYCOTOXINS;

AFLATOXINS; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENE ENCODING;

ASPERGILLUS;

AFLATOXIN B; AFLATOXIN G1;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BRAZIL NUT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BERTHOLLETIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; MYCOTOXINS; SEEDS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; FUNGI;

EID: 84875925486     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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