Mycotoxigenic Fungi, 1st ed. 2017 Methods and Protocols Methods in Molecular Biology Series, Vol. 1542

Part I: Fungal Genera and Species of Major Significance and Their Associated Mycotoxins

1. Mycotoxins: An Underhand Food Problem

            Antonio Moretti, Antonio F. Logrieco, and Antonia Susca

2. Alternaria Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins

            Virginia Elena Fernández Pinto and  Andrea Patriarca

3. Aspergillus Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins

            Giancarlo Perrone and Antonia Gallo

4. Fusarium Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins

            Gary P. Munkvold

5. Penicillium Species and Their Associated Mycotoxins

            Giancarlo Perrone and Antonia Susca

Part II: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based Methods for Detection and Identification of Mycotoxigenic Fungi

            Miguel Ángel Pavón, Inés María López-Calleja, Isabel González, Rosario Martín, and Teresa García

7. Targeting Conserved Genes in Aspergillus Species

            Sándor Kocsubé and János Varga

8. Targeting Conserved Genes in Fusarium Species

9. Targeting Conserved Genes in Penicillium Species

            Stephen W. Peterson

10. Targeting Aflatoxin Biosynthetic Genes

            Ali Y. Srour, Ahmad M. Fakhoury, and Robert L. Brown

11. Targeting Trichothecene Biosynthetic Genes

            Songhong Wei, Theo van der Lee, Els Verstappen, Marga van Gent, and Cees Waalwijk

12. Targeting Ochratoxin Biosynthetic Genes

            Antonia Gallo and Giancarlo Perrone

13. Targeting Fumonisin Biosynthetic Genes

            Robert H. Proctor and Martha M. Vaughan

14. Targeting Other Mycotoxin Biosynthetic Genes

            María J. Andrade, Mar Rodríguez, Juan J. Córdoba, and Alicia Rodríguez

15. Evaluating Aflatoxin Gene Expression in Aspergillus Section Flavi

            Paula Cristina Azevedo Rodrigues, Jessica Gil-Serna, and M. Teresa González-Jaén

16. Evaluating Fumonisin Gene Expression in Fusarium verticillioides

            Valeria Scala, Ivan Visentin, and Francesca Cardinale

Part III: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-Based Methods for Multiplex Detection of Mycotoxigenic Fungi

17. Multiplex Detection of Aspergillus Species

            Pedro Martínez-Culebras, María Victoria Selma, and Rosa Aznar

18. Multiplex Detection of Fusarium Species

            Tapani Yli-Mattila, Siddaiah Chandra Nayaka, Mudili Venkataramana, and Emre Yörük

19. Multiplex Detection of Penicillium Species

            Alicia Rodríguez, Juan J. Córdoba, Mar Rodríguez, and María J. Andrade

Part IV: Combined PCR and Other Molecular Approaches for Detection and Identification of Mycotoxigenic Fungi

20. PCR-RFLP for Aspergillus Species

            Ali Atoui and André El Khoury

21. PCR ITS-RFLP for Penicillium Species and Other Genera

            Sandrine Rousseaux and Michèle Guilloux-Bénatier

Part V: New Methodologies for Detection and Identification of Mycotoxigenic Fungi<

22. Identification of Ochratoxin A-Producing Black Aspergilli from Grapes Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assays

            Michelangelo Storari and Giovanni A.L. Broggini

23. Detection of Transcriptionally Active Mycotoxin Gene Clusters: DNA Microarray

            Tamás Emri, Anna Zalka, and István Pócsi

24. Mycotoxins: A Fungal Genomics Perspective

            Daren W. Brown and Scott E. Baker

Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols for the study of the mycotoxigenic fungi

Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results

Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras