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Characterization of Aspergillus species on Brazil nut from the Brazilian Amazonian region and development of a PCR assay for identification at the genus level

BACKGROUND: Brazil nut is a protein-rich extractivist tree crop in the Amazon region. Fungal contamination of shells and kernel material frequently includes the presence of aflatoxigenic Aspergillus species from the section Flavi. Aflatoxins are polyketide secondary metabolites, which are hepatotoxi...

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Autores principales: Midorikawa, Glaucia EO, de Sousa, Maria de Lourdes M, Silva, Otniel Freitas, Dias, Jurema do Socorro A, Kanzaki, Luis IB, Hanada, Rogerio E, Mesquita, Renata MLC, Gonçalves, Rivadalve C, Alvares, Virginia S, Bittencourt, Daniela MC, Miller, Robert NG
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4051963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-14-138