Effect of climate change on Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin B1 production

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Medina, Angel ^a   Rodriguez, Alicia ^a   Magan, Naresh ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin production; Climate change factors; Ecology; Gene expression; Growth; Temperature; Water activity

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WATER STRESS;

EID: 84905441686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00348     Document Type: Review

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