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Cladal relatedness among Aspergillus oryzae isolates and Aspergillus flavus S and L morphotype isolates.
International journal of food microbiology - 25 Apr 2006
Chang Perng-Kuang, Ehrlich Kenneth C, Hua Sui-Sheng T
Abstract excerpt
Aspergillus flavus is the main etiological agent for aflatoxin contamination of crops. Its close relative, A. oryzae, does not produce aflatoxins and has been widely used to produce fermented foods. We compared the phylogeny of A. oryzae isolates and L- and S-type sclerotial isolates of A. flavus using single nucleotide polymorphisms in the omtA gene in the aflatoxin biosynthesis gene cluster and deletions in and...
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