Characterization of Aspergillus species on Brazil nut from the Brazilian Amazonian region and development of a PCR assay for identification at the genus level

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Midorikawa, Glaucia Eo ^a   De Sousa, Maria De Lourdes M ^b   Silva, Otniel Freitas ^b   Dias, Jurema Do Socorro A ^c   Kanzaki, Luis Ib ^a   Hanada, Rogerio E ^d   Mesquita, Renata Mlc ^d   Gonçalves, Rivadalve C ^e   Alvares, Virginia S ^e   Bittencourt, Daniela Mc ^c   Miller, Robert Ng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspergillus section Flavi; Mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal RNA gene; Mycotoxin; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MYCOTOXIN; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BRAZIL NUT; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MONASCUS PURPUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUT; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; ASPERGILLUS TAMARII; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; MAMMALIA;

ASPERGILLUS; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84902536341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-138     Document Type: Article

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