Molecular identification of Aspergillus and Eurotium species isolated from rice and their toxin-producing ability.

• Main Authors: Yazdani, D., Mior Ahmad, Zainal Abidin, Tan, Yee How, Sijam, Kamaruzaman
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23730/1/Molecular%20identification%20of%20Aspergillus%20and%20Eurotium%20species%20isolated%20from%20rice%20and%20their%20toxin.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23730/

Thirty milled rice samples were collected from retailers in 4 provinces of Malaysia. These samples were evaluated for Aspergillus spp, infection by direct plating on malt extract salt agar (MESA). All Aspergillus holomorphs were isolated and identified using nucleotide sequences of ITS 1 and ITS 2 o...