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Interactions of saprophytic yeasts with a nor mutant of Aspergillus flavus.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 1999
Hua S S, Baker J L, Flores-Espiritu M
Abstract excerpt
The nor mutant of Aspergillus flavus has a defective norsolorinic acid reductase, and thus the aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway is blocked, resulting in the accumulation of norsolorinic acid, a bright red-orange pigment. We developed a visual agar plate assay to monitor yeast strains for their ability to inhibit aflatoxin production by visually scoring the accumulation of this pigment of the nor mutant. We...
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