Aflatoxins are potent mycotoxins that cause developmental and immune system
suppression, cancer, and death. As a result of regulations intended to reduce human …

Aspergillus subgenus Circumdati section Flavi includes species with usually biseriate
conidial heads, in shades of yellow-green to brown, and dark sclerotia. Several species …

This new edition of the universally acclaimed and widely-used textbook on fungal biology
has been completely re-written, drawing directly on the authors' research and teaching …

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) provides a simple, ingenious method to exponentially
amplify specific DNA sequences by in vitro DNA synthesis. Three essential steps to PCR …

▪ Abstract Phylogenetic and population genetic methods that compare nucleic acid variation
are being used to identify species and populations of pathogenic fungi and determine how …

Aspergillus flavus, like approximately one–third of ascomycete fungi, is thought to be
cosmopolitan and clonal because it has uniform asexual morphology. A. flavus produces …

An atoxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus was applied to soils planted with cotton in Yuma,
Arizona, to assess the ability of the atoxigenic strain to competitively exclude aflatoxin …

Aspergillus flavus is the major producer of carcinogenic aflatoxins in crops worldwide and is
also an important opportunistic human pathogen in aspergillosis. The sexual state of this …

Two novel species from Aspergillus section Flavi from different species of Arachis (peanuts)
in Argentina are described as Aspergillus arachidicola sp. nov. and Aspergillus …

Human activities affect both the size and structure of fungal populations. Construction, war,
recreation, and agriculture disrupt large expanses of vegetation and soil; disruption causes …