Taxonomy of Aspergillus section Flavi and their production of aflatoxins, ochratoxins and other mycotoxins

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 93, Issue , 2019, Pages 1-63

  Frisvad, J C ^a   Hubka, V ^b,c   Ezekiel, C N ^d   Hong, S B ^e   Novakova A ^c   Chen, A J ^f,i   Arzanlou, M ^g   Larsen, T O ^a   Sklenar F ^b,c   Mahakarnchanakul, W ^h   Samson, R A ⁱ   Houbraken, J ⁱ  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d BABCOCK UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e National Institute of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

^f PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^h KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Aspergillus; Cyclopiazonic acid; Section Flavi; Tenuazonic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050768387     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simyco.2018.06.001     Document Type: Article

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