Emericella venezuelensis, a new species with stellate ascospores producing sterigmatocystin and aflatoxin B1

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 672-680

  Frisvad, Jens C ^a   Samson, Robert A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Emericella variecolor; Emericella venezuelensis; Extrolites; Sterigmatocystin

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AJAMXANTHONE; ANDIBENIN A; ANDIBENIN B; ANDIBENIN C; ANDILESIN A; ANDILESIN B; ANDILESIN C; ANDITOMIN; ASPERTHECIN; ASTELLATOL; ASTELLOIDE A; ASTELLOIDE B; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DESERTORIN; EMERIN; ISOEMERICILLIN; KOJIC ACID; NAJAMXANTHHONE; RADIXANTHONE; SHAMIXANTHONE; STELLATIC ACID; STELLATIN; STERIGMATOCYSTIN; TAJIXANTHONE; TERREIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIECOXANTHONE A; VARIECOXANTHONE B; VARIECOXANTHONE C; VARITRIOL;

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; ASPERGILLUS; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMERICELLA PLURISEMINATA; EMERICELLA VARIECOLOR; EMERICELLA VENEZUELENSIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; LOWER PLANT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EMERICELLA PLURISEMINATA; EMERICELLA VARIECOLOR; EMERICELLA VENEZUELENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 9944259833     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0723202042369910     Document Type: Article

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