Identification of Aspergillus species in Central Europe able to produce G-type aflatoxins

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 339-347

  Baranyi, Nikolett ^a   Despot, Daniela Jakšić ^b   Palágyi, Andrea ^a   Kiss, Noémi ^a   Kocsubé, Sándor ^a   Szekeres, András ^a   Kecskeméti, Anita ^a   Bencsik, Ottó ^a   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^a   Klarić, Maja Šegvić ^b   Varga, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Aspergillus; Cheese; Indoor air; Sequence based identification

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN B2; AFLATOXIN G1; AFLATOXIN G2; AFLATOXIN;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NOMIUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ASPERGILLUS PSEUDONOMIUS; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUNGARY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUT; SERBIA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPICE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; EASTERN EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFLATOXINS; ASPERGILLUS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84946415293     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: 1588256X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/018.66.2015.3.9     Document Type: Article

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