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Evaluation of the aflatoxin biosynthetic genes for identification of the Aspergillus section Flavi.
Microbes and environments - 1 Jan 2011
Nakamura Hitomi, Narihiro Takashi, Tsuruoka Naoki, Mochimaru Hanako, Matsumoto Rena, Tanabe Yumiko, Hagiya Keiko, Ikeba Kiriko, Maruyama Akihiko, Hanada Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
Several fungi in the Aspergillus section Flavi have been widely used for fermentative food production, while some related species in the section are known to produce mycotoxin(s) that causes mycotic diseases. Common evolutionary markers, such as rRNA gene sequences and their internal transcribed spacers, cannot differentiate these non-aflatoxin-producing species from aflatoxin producers. Multilocus sequence...
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