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Characterization of morphological changes within stromata during sexual reproduction in Aspergillus flavus.
Mycologia - 1 Jan 2000
Luis Jane Marian, Carbone Ignazio, Payne Gary A, Bhatnagar Deepak, Cary Jeffrey W, Moore Geromy G, Lebar Matthew D, Wei Qijian, Mack Brian, Ojiambo Peter S
Abstract excerpt
Aspergillus flavus contaminates agricultural products worldwide with carcinogenic aflatoxins that pose a serious health risk to humans and animals. The fungus survives adverse environmental conditions through production of sclerotia. When fertilized by a compatible conidium of an opposite mating type, a sclerotium transforms into a stroma within which ascocarps, asci, and ascospores are formed. However, the...
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