Two novel species of Aspergillus section Nigri from indoor air

IMA Fungus

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-173

  Jurjevic, Željko ^a   Peterson, Stephen W ^b   Stea, Gaetano ^c   Solfrizzo, Michele ^c   Varga, János ^d   Hubka, Vit ^e   Perrone, Giancarlo ^c  

^a EMSL Analytical Inc   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aspergillus brunneoviolaceus; Aspergillus floridensis; Aspergillus trinidadensis; Aspergillus uvarum; Aspergillus violaceofuscus; Black aspergilli; Environment; Ochratoxin A; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884578924     PISSN: 22106340     EISSN: 22106359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.02.08     Document Type: Article

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