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Aspergillus flavus grown in peptone as the carbon source exhibits spore density- and peptone concentration-dependent aflatoxin biosynthesis

BACKGROUND: Aflatoxins (AFs) are highly carcinogenic compounds produced by Aspergillus species in seeds with high lipid and protein contents. It has been known for over 30 years that peptone is not conducive for AF productions, although reasons for this remain unknown. RESULTS: In this study, we sho...

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Autores principales: Yan, Shijuan, Liang, Yating, Zhang, Jindan, Liu, Chun-Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3412747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22694821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-106