Comparison of species composition and fumonisin production in Aspergillus section Nigri populations in maize kernels from USA and Italy

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-82

  Susca, Antonia ^a   Moretti, Antonio ^a   Stea, Gaetano ^a   Villani, Alessandra ^a   Haidukowski, Miriam ^a   Logrieco, Antonio ^a   Munkvold, Gary ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. welwitschiae; Aspergillus niger; Fumonisin; Maize

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CALMODULIN; FUMONISIN; MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; ASPERGILLUS WELWITSCHIAE; CLADISTICS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; ITALY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNITED STATES;

A. WELWITSCHIAE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUMONISIN; MAIZE;

ASPERGILLUS; BIODIVERSITY; FUMONISINS; HUMANS; ITALY; MYCOTOXINS; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84905234127     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.06.031     Document Type: Article

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