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Founder events influence structures of Aspergillus flavus populations.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2020
Ortega-Beltran Alejandro, Callicott Kenneth A, Cotty Peter J
Abstract excerpt
In warm regions, agricultural fields are occupied by complex Aspergillus flavus communities composed of isolates in many vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs) with varying abilities to produce highly toxic, carcinogenic aflatoxins. Aflatoxin contamination is reduced with biocontrol products that enable atoxigenic isolates from atoxigenic VCGs to dominate the population. Shifts in VCG frequencies similar to those...
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