| molecular strategy for identification in aspergillus section flavi. | aspergillus flavus is one of the most common contaminants that produces aflatoxins in foodstuffs. it is also a human allergen and a pathogen of animals and plants. aspergillus flavus is included in the aspergillus section flavi that comprises 11 closely related species producing different profiles of secondary metabolites. a six-step strategy has been developed that allows identification of nine of the 11 species. first, three real-time pcr reactions allowed us to discriminate four groups within ... | 2010 | 20377644 |
| the biodiversity of aspergillus section flavi in brazil nuts: from rainforest to consumer. | a total of 288 brazil nut samples (173 kernel and 115 shell) from the amazon rainforest region and são paulo state, brazil were collected at different stages of brazil nut production. samples were analysed for: percentages of aflatoxigenic fungal species and potential for aflatoxin production and presence of aflatoxins. aspergillus nomius was the most common species found (1235 isolates) which amounted to 30% of the total species with potential to produce aflatoxins. this species is of concern s ... | 2013 | 23290234 |
| draft genome sequence of an aflatoxigenic aspergillus species, a. bombycis. | aspergillus bombycis was first isolated from silkworm frass in japan. it has been reportedly misidentified as a. nomius due to their macro-morphological and chemotype similarities. we sequenced the genome of the a. bombycis type strain and found it to be comparable in size (37 mb), as well as in numbers of predicted genes (12,266), to other sequenced aspergilli. the aflatoxin gene cluster in this strain is similar in size and the genes are oriented the same as other b- + g-aflatoxin producing sp ... | 2016 | 27664179 |
| mineralization of a sulfonated textile dye reactive red 31 from simulated wastewater using pellets of aspergillus bombycis. | reactive red 31, applied extensively in the commercial textile industry, is a hazardous and persistent azo dye compound often present in dye manufacturing and textile industrial effluents. aspergillus bombycis strain was isolated from dye contaminated zones of gujarat industrial development corporation, vatva, ahmedabad, india. the decolorization potential was monitored by the decrease in maximum absorption of the dye using uv-visible spectroscopy. optimization of physicochemical conditions was ... | 2017 | 28580232 |