Occurrence of moulds from bee pollen in central Italy - A preliminary study

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 103-105

  Nardoni, Simona ^a   D’Ascenzi, Carlo ^a   Rocchigiani, Guido ^a   Moretti, Valentina ^a   Mancianti, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Bee pollen; Moulds; Penicillium; Toxigenic fungi

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM; ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ATTENTION; BEE; CASE REPORT; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMICOLA; ITALY; MICROSCOPY; MOULD; PENICILLIUM BREVICOMPACTUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; RECOGNITION; STORAGE; YEAST; ANIMAL; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; BEES; FUNGI; HUMANS; ITALY; PENICILLIUM; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84960948760     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5604/12321966.1196862     Document Type: Article

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