Preferred Label : aspergillus flavus;

MeSH definition : A species of imperfect fungi which grows on peanuts and other plants and produces the carcinogenic substance aflatoxin. It is also used in the production of the antibiotic flavicin.;

MeSH synonym : Petromyces flavus; Aspergillus parvisclerotigenus;

CISMeF synonym : flavus, Aspergillus;

MeSH annotation : infection: coord IM with ASPERGILLOSIS (IM); infection: coordinate with ASPERGILLOSIS;

Wikipedia link supervised : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus flavus;

UNII : txid5059;

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A species of imperfect fungi which grows on peanuts and other plants and produces the carcinogenic substance aflatoxin. It is also used in the production of the antibiotic flavicin.

https://www.anses.fr/fr/system/files/MIC2012sa0053Fi.pdf
2012
France
French
aspergillus flavus
aflatoxins
poisons
food microbiology
guidelines

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