Use of a polyphasic approach including MALDI-TOF MS for identification of Aspergillus section Flavi strains isolated from food commodities in Brazil

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2119-2129

  da Silva, Fernanda Chaves ^a,b,c   Chalfoun, Sara Maria ^a   Batista, Luis Roberto ^a   Santos, Cledir ^a,c   Lima, Nelson ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aspergillus section Flavi; Food mycology; MALDI TOF MS; Mycotoxin; Polyphasic identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957430168     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-015-1050-0     Document Type: Article

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