Evaluation of viability of Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxins degradation in irradiated samples of maize Avaliação da viabilidade de Aspergillus flavus e degradação de aflatoxinas em amostras de milho irradiadas

One of the currently most important fungi in stored grains is Aspergillus flavus, which produce aflatoxins. This fungus can grow on diverse substrates and represents a serious public health and animal nutritional problem. Therefore, the study of techniques that can be applied to the control of aflat...

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Main Authors: Simone Aquino, Fabiane Ferreira, Deise Helena Baggio Ribeiro, Benedito Corrêa, Ralf Greiner, Anna Lucia Casañas Haasis Villavicencio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2005-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822005000400009