Variation in regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis among isolates of Aspergillus flavus.

doi:10.1007/BF01923614

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Variation in regulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis among isolates of Aspergillus flavus.

Experientia - 15 Jan 1992

Gendloff E H, Chu F S, Leonard T J

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Two new phenotypes of Aspergillus flavus which exhibit novel patterns of aflatoxin production have been identified and characterized. In one of the new variants of A. flavus, aflatoxin is made in the absence of carbohydrate and concomitantly with growth, without a lag period. A second variant did...

Topics

Aflatoxins
Aspergillus flavus
Culture Media
Genetic Variation
Mutagenesis
Phenotype
Species Specificity

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