Molecular characterization of black aspergillus species from onion and their potential for ochratoxin A and fumonisin B2 production

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 414-423

  Gherbawy, Youssuf ^a,b   Elhariry, Hesham ^a,c   Kocsubé, Sándor ^d   Bahobial, Abdulaziz ^a   Deeb, Bahig El ^a,e   Altalhi, Abdulla ^a   Varga, János ^d   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^d  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CHLOROFORM; FUMONISIN; FUMONISIN B2; METHANOL; OCHRATOXIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CENTRIFUGATION; CLADOSPORIUM HERBARUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SAMBUCINUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOCREA LIXII; MUCOR RACEMOSUS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONION; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM OXALICUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; SAUDI ARABIA; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ALLIUM CEPA; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DNA, FUNGAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FUMONISINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC VARIATION; OCHRATOXINS; ONIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84929471578     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2014.1870     Document Type: Article

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