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

There are possibly millions of mold species on earth. The vast majority of these mold spores
live in harmony with humans, rarely causing disease. The rare species that does cause …

In 2003, for the first time in Italy, significant problems arose with colonization and
contamination of maize destined for animal feed with Aspergillus section Flavi and aflatoxins …

A polyphasic approach consisting of morphological, chemical and molecular
characterization was applied to 31 isolates of Aspergillus Section Flavi originating from …

Maize is an important staple crop for the majority of the population in Uganda. However, in
tropical and subtropical climates, maize is frequently contaminated with aflatoxins, a group …

The present study reports on the natural mycobiota occurring in cocoa beans, paying special
attention to the incidence of fungal species that are potential producers of mycotoxins. The …

Cyclopiazonic acid (CPA), an indole-tetramic acid mycotoxin, is produced by many species
of Aspergillus and Penicillium. In addition to CPA Aspergillus flavus produces polyketide …

Cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) is an indole-tetramic acid neurotoxin produced by some of the
same strains of A. flavus that produce aflatoxins and by some Aspergillus oryzae strains …

A mechanistic weather-driven model was developed based on the infection cycle of
Aspergillus flavus on maize to predict the risk of aflatoxin contamination in field on a daily …

Fungal communities in soils of Nigerian maize fields were examined to determine
distributions of aflatoxin-producing fungi and to identify endemic atoxigenic strains of …