Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification assays for direct identification of pure cultures of Aspergillus flavus, A. nomius, and A. caelatus and for their rapid detection in shelled Brazil nuts

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue , 2014, Pages 5-12

  Luo, Jie ^a   Taniwaki, Marta H ^b   Iamanaka, Beatriz T ^b   Vogel, Rudi F ^a   Niessen, Ludwig ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A. caelatus; A. flavus; A. nomius; Brazil nut; Loop mediated isothermal amplification; Rapid detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CAELATUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAZIL NUT; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CAELATUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

A. CAELATUS; A. FLAVUS; A. NOMIUS; BRAZIL NUT; LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; RAPID DETECTION;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; BERTHOLLETIA; DNA PRIMERS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890820104     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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